News & Updates
Presentations
Special Education Leadership Conference
The Ohio Department of Education's Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) hosted the second annual Special Education Leadership Conference on Sept. 24-25, 2008, at the Aladdin Shrine Center in Columbus. Copies of the presentations and handouts from the conference are available at ODE website. The presentations and handouts can be accessed from the following link: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=967&ContentID=43999&Content=56517
Operating Standards Webinar
Ann Guinan, Assistant Director of Procedural Safeguards in the Ohio Department of Education's (ODE's) Office for Exceptional Children, and Barbara Weinberg, ODE Office of Early Learning and School Readiness, hosted a webinar on the The Operating Standards for Children with Disabilities. This is a 2-hour video compressed for web. This presentation can be accessed from the following link: http://www.ocali.org/resources/ODE_Summ_Op.php
Updates Announcement
Evaluation section 6.1 through 6.7 have been updated as of 10/31/2008.
Public Comment Period (extended to November 21, 2008)
The electronic version of the Procedures and Guidance for Ohio Educational Agencies serving Children with Disabilities is being made available for public review and comments until November 21, 2008. A public hearing on this document is scheduled for November 7, 2008.
All comments are welcome until November 21. Comment forms have been placed at the top of each section so comments can be understood as they relate to specific sections of the Guidance Document when the comments are taken into consideration by Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) staff members. Including your name and e-mail address is optional; however, do type in the word GUIDE where asked before sending in the comment. This is an effort to reduce spam. Comments can also be e-mailed directly to shirley.crabtree@ode.state.oh.us.
After all comments are considered as the sections are reviewed and revised by OEC, the approved document will be posted on this Web site in January 2009.
Proposed changes to some of the forms will be added to this Web site at a later date. There will be a separate public hearing on the forms.
Please be advised that links are in the process of being connected. PDFs are now available for download
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