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SPECIAL EDUCATION:
POLICY & ADMINISTRATION:
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE MONITORING

   
OVERVIEW
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The purpose of special education monitoring is to examine compliance with federal and state rules and regulations. Monitoring visits provide an opportunity to offer technical assistance to special education staff. The team interviews school staff from each school to gather information about the educational and special education supports and services. Team members also talk with parents who have children currently receiving special education services. A variety of data is collected and summarized in a report which is disseminated to the supervisory unions’ administrators.

   
MONITORING SCHEDULE
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  Monitoring Schedule
Currently, the Compliance Monitoring Team visits supervisory unions on a six-year cycle. Each summer, special education administrators who are scheduled to receive a monitoring visit are contacted and arrangements are made to provide information and discuss the monitoring process.
   
 
  • Upcoming Visits
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  Supervisory Union/Other   Dates   Facilitator (E-mail)
  No information provided
 
 
  • Completed Visits
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  Supervisory Union/Other   Dates   Facilitator (E-mail)
  None        
 
 
  • Ongoing Support
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  Supervisory Union/Other   Dates   Facilitator (E-mail)
  Department of Corrections   Ongoing    
  Orange Windsor   Ongoing    
  Rutland Southwest SU   Ongoing    
  Windham Southwest SU   Ongoing   Alicia Hanrahan
   
  Focused Monitoring
During the 2005-2006 school year, the Compliance Monitoring Team anticipates moving to a "focused monitoring" process which will change the way that supervisory unions are selected for a monitoring visit. A "focus group" (to include parents, administrators, etc.) will collaborate with the monitoring team to review and select key performance indicators which, in turn, will "identify" supervisory unions requiring an on-site visit.
   
MONITORING FORMS
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Currently the monitoring team uses a variety of forms prior to and during an on-site visit.

  • Local Educational Agency (LEA) ProfileClicking this link will open a PDF document
    This form requires the supervisory union to provide information about teacher licensing, caseload size, policies, plans and assurances, current special education programs and processes. This is usually filled out by the special education administrator.
   
 
  • Confidentiality TrainingClicking this link will open a PDF document
    This form is filled out by each school principal indicating when the most recent training occurred.
   
 
  • Educator Survey for 2004-2005Clicking this link will open a PDF document
    This form is filled out by every regular educator, special educator, paraeducator and administrator, as well as other professional staff (e.g., school nurse, PE teacher, guidance etc.) in each building. The school principal distributes and collects these surveys and returns them to the monitoring team.
   
 
  • Parent Survey for 2004-2005Clicking this link will open a PDF document
    This form is filled out by parents/guardians who currently have students receiving special education supports and services. The survey is sent to parents by the school and is returned to the monitoring team in a postage-paid envelope.
   
 
   
 
* NOTE: View special education evaluation and IEP forms.
   
 
   
 
  • Individual School ProfileClicking this link will open a PDF document
    Completed by members of the administration within the supervisory union, this document consists of a list of activities/training opportunities (provided by the team) that are available to any school or supervisory union upon request.
   
 
  • Menu of OptionsClicking this link will open a PDF document
    Completed by any administrator in the supervisory union, this document consists of a list of activities/training opportunities (provided by the team) that are available to any school or supervisory union upon request.
   
 
  • Professional Staff DevelopmentClicking this link will open a PDF document
    This form is completed by each school principal or their designee (and sometimes a supervisory union administrator as well) and details staff participation in special education activities within the past two to three years.
   
FOR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE
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Alicia Hanrahan, Compliance Monitoring Team Leader
(802) 828-3142 (P)
(802) 828-0573 (F)
alicia.hanrahan@state.vt.us

Ernest Wheeler, Special Education Consultant
(802) 828-0564 (P)
(802) 828-0573 (F)
ernest.wheeler@state.vt.us

Judy Colby, Administrative Assistant
(802) 828-5126 (P)
)802) 828-0573 (F)
judy.colby@state.vt.us

   
   

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