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2024
10/17/2024 View HTML Page  The Department is excited to share that the Resource Allocation and District Action Report (RADAR) for Special Education Dashboard is now online.
09/13/2024 View HTML Page  Office of Approved Special Education Schools Integrated Monitoring Procedures Guide now available
09/13/2024 View HTML Page  8.23.2024 MA Local Education Agencies' (LEA) Special Education Determinations Webinar now available
08/26/2024 View HTML Page  Indicator 14: Post-School Outcomes Data Collection Final Month Reminder
08/15/2024 Download Word Document  Special Education Announcement Indicator 7 Data Collection
08/15/2024 Download Word Document  Now Open for Public Comment: Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Communication Skills Framework
06/21/2024 View HTML Page  Summer 2024 Checklist for Special Education Leaders
06/03/2024 View External Link  REGISTER NOW for the Early Childhood Coordinators Administrative Leadership Institute and Community of Practice for 2024-2025
06/03/2024 View HTML Page  Special Education FY25 Conditions of Assistance
05/31/2024 View HTML Page  Learn more and apply for the Experienced Special Education Directors Leadership Institute
05/14/2024 View HTML Page  Indicator 14: Post-School Outcomes Data Collection
04/05/2024 View HTML Page  Updated Special Education Procedures for PRS, PSM, and OASES.
04/01/2024 View HTML Page  Special Education Policy and Procedure Memo SY 2023-2024 — 3: IDEA Equitable Services Child Count Reporting Requirements.
03/27/2024 View HTML Page  Changes to the IEP Forms Crosswalk
03/27/2024 View HTML Page  Indicator 7 Data Entry/ECOS Database Webinar
03/22/2024 View HTML Page  Notice of Public Comment on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Annual State Application. The deadline for submission of public comment is April 22, 2024.
02/05/2024 View HTML Page  New Federal Competitive Special Education Program Grant Now Available, Fund Code 213: Implementing Strategies to Reduce or Eliminate the Use of Time-Out Rooms. Applications due on or before 20 February 2024.
01/30/2024 View HTML Page  Register for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) annual conference: Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Visions of Collaboration Conference on March 24, 2024.
01/09/2024 View HTML Page  Reminder: Register Now for New IEP Virtual Training of Trainers (TOT)
2023
12/22/2023 View HTML Page  Request for Public Comment on Updated Special Education Procedures
12/11/2023 View HTML Page  IEP Training Invitation
12/08/2023 View HTML Page  Update to FY2024: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B (IDEA) Federal Targeted Special Education Program Improvement Grant Fund Code: 0274
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