10/1/2012
ODE made revisions to Ohio’s Title III Accountability Plan for students served in Limited English Proficient (LEP) programs and has received approval for the changes from the U.S. Department of Education. The revisions, which are effective for the 2009-2010 school year, will assure compliance with the federal Notice of Interpretations published in October 2008 regarding Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act. The changes are expected to be in incorporated into the Ohio Administrative Code in July 2010.
10/1/2012
County Boards of Developmental Disabilities (DD) must validate their child count for the first full week of October 2012. The information from this report is critical to funding calculations. Please complete and return the documents no later than Friday, October 26, 2012.
9/24/2012
Senate Bill 316 established a new requirement related to students with disabilities that becomes effective on September 24, 2012. Per Ohio Revised Code Section 3323.052, each time a school district completes an evaluation for a child with a disability, or undertakes the development, review or revision of the child’s IEP the district shall notify the child’s parent by letter or electronic means about both the Autism Scholarship Program, under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code, and the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program, under Sections 3310.51 to 3310.64 of the Revised Code.
9/12/2012
This report, entitled Ohio Head Start State Collaboration Office (HSSCO), 2011-2012 Needs Assessment Survey Results, is an update that presents findings from a survey of staff and directors representing 54 Head Start, Early Head Start and Migrant/Seasonal Head Start grantees in Ohio for the school year 2011-2012.
9/6/2012
SDC access closing at 4:30 pm