Kentucky Department of Education State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children to meet April 27 and 28

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Media Contact: Toni Konz Tatman

Chief Communications Officer

Office: (502) 564-2000, ext. 4602

toni.tatman@education.ky.gov

Advisory 23-116

 

April 24, 2023

Kentucky Department of Education State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children to meet April 27 and 28

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children (SAPEC) meeting will be on April 27-28, 2023.

The council’s purpose is to support the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) which requires that states establish advisory panels to advise and assist the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) on special education and related services for children with disabilities. The SAPEC members represent various agencies, individuals with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, service providers and administrators.

The meeting will be held at the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) in Bowling Green.

A full agenda follows:

 

State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children
April 27-28, 2023
In person at the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative 
230 Technology Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101

Agenda

 

Thursday, April 27, 2023


General Business Session I
9 a.m. CST / 10 a.m. ET

      I. Welcome: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      II. Review Meeting Norms and Duties: Joe McCowan, Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL)

      III. Membership Update and Roll Call of Members: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      IV. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      V. Public Comment: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      VI. SAPEC Annual Report Update: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      VII. KDE Update: OSEEL Staff

      VIII. Due Process Hearing Decision Update: Carol Ann Morrison, Director, Division of IDEA Monitoring and Results, Office of Special Education and Early Learning

Lunch (provided onsite)

      IX. Legislative Summary Update: Melody Cooper, Policy Advisor, Office of Special Education and Early Learning

      X. SERTAC Update: Kelly Davis, Director, Green River Regional Educational Cooperative 

      XI. Open Discussion

      XII. Recess

 

Friday, April 28, 2023

 

General Business Session II
8:30 a.m. CT / 9:30 a.m. ET

      I. Welcome: Brian Lovell, State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children (SAPEC) Chair

      II. Review Meeting Norms and Duties: Joe McCowan, Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL)

      III. Roll Call of Members: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      IV. Committee Alignment

      V. Committee Meetings

      VI. Final Remarks and Exit Slip Reminder: Brian Lovell, SAPEC Chair

      VII. Adjournment

Lunch (provided onsite)

 

Next Meeting: July 13-14, 2023, SESC, London, KY