KDE's State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children to meet July 18

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Department of Education's (KDE) State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children (SAPEC) will meet on July 18 at 9 a.m. ET.

The council’s purpose is to support the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA's) requirement that states establish advisory panels to advise and assist 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.

In accordance with 34 CFR §300.169, the advisory panel must: 

• Advise the SEA (state education association) of unmet needs within the state in the education of children with disabilities;
• Comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the state regarding the education of children with disabilities;
• Advise the SEA in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the secretary under section 618 of the Act;
• Advise the SEA in developing corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports under Part B of the act; and
• Advise the SEA in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.

The meeting will be held virtually through Microsoft Teams. A livestream of the meeting will be available on the KDE Media Portal.

A full agenda follows:

State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children (SAPEC)
July 18, 2024
Virtually through Microsoft Teams
Watch Live on the KDE Media Portal

Agenda

9 a.m.

I. Welcome

• Tonika East, SAPEC Chair

II. Review Meeting Norms and Duties:

• Misty Green, Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL), KDE

III. Roll Call of Members: 

• Tonika East, SAPEC Chair

IV. Membership Update:

• Melody Cooper, Policy Advisor, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE
  

V. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes:

• Tonika East, SAPEC Chair

VI. Public Comment:

• Tonika East, SAPEC Chair 

VII. OSEEL Update:

• Differentiated Monitoring System
• Kentucky’s Annual Determination
• Personnel Updates
• Gretta Hylton, Associate Commissioner, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE
  

VIII. Transition Educational Unit:

• Jason Wheatley, Administrator, American Rescue Plan, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE
• Allison Johnson, Assistant Administrator, American Rescue Plan, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE

IX. Child Find:

• Veronica Sullivan, Director, Division of IDEA Implementation and Preschool, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE
  

X. Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)/Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CCEIS) Presentation:

• Jarrod Slone, Exceptional Child Specialist, Office of Special Education and Early Learning, KDE

Noon

Lunch

1 p.m.

XI. Committee Meetings (Up to 20 minutes for each committee meeting):

• Transition
• Parent Involvement
• Supervision and Legislative
• Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement/Ad Hoc

XII. Final Remarks and Exit Slip Reminder

• Tonika East, SAPEC Chair

XIII. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Oct. 17