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RFA:118 Special Education Grant Programs FY 2014 [PDF] [DOC]

Purpose: Two entitlement grant programs under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Assistance for Education of all Children with Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities

Date Posted: January 25, 2013
Application Deadline: May 17, 2013
Bidder's Conference: N/A

Contact:    brian.cunnane@ct.gov
Phone: (860) 713-6919

Fiscal Resources

• Approved Private Special Education Programs Per Diem Rates [PDF]
• Bureau Bulletin Article: Approved Transition/Vocational Programs [PDF]
• Connecticut Recovery Information (ARRA)
• New: IDEA Program/Fiscal Compliance Review [PDF]
  • IDEA Program/Fiscal Compliance Review - Desk Audit [PDF]
• LEA Excess Cost Grant and State Agency Placement Grant for Placements in Facilities Approved or Not Approved for Special Education Memorandum (2008) [PDF]
  • LEA Excess Cost and State Agency Grant Decision Tree [PDF]
• Special Act 11-9
  • Summary Report in Response to Special Act 11-9 [PDF]
  • Fiscal Data Addendum to the Summary Report-Special Act 11-9 [PDF]
• State Agency Placements Memorandum (1997) [PDF]
• Topic Brief: Questions and Answers Regarding Parentally Placed Students in Private Schools [PDF] 
• NIMAS/NIMAC

• State Personnel Development Grant: July 2006 [PDF]
• State Personnel Development Grant: July 2007 [PDF]
• State Personnel Development Grant: May 2008 [PDF]
• State Personnel Development Grant: May 2009 [PDF]
• State Personnel Development Grant Evaluation Update: May 2009 [PDF]

LEGAL/DUE PROCESS

• Complaint Resolution Process (2011) [PDF]  
• Forms: Administrative Complaint [PDF], Hearing and Advisory Opinion [PDF], Mediation [PDF]
• New: IDEA Part B Application [PDF]
• Model Special Education Policy and Procedures Manual (2007) [PDF] [DOC]
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2007) [English-PDF] [Spanish-PDF]
• 2009 Parental Notification of the Laws Relating to Seclusion and Restraint in the Public Schools [DOC] [PDF] Spanish [DOC] [PDF]
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Seclusion [PDF] [DOC]
  • Model Incident Report for the Emergency Use of Restraint [PDF] [DOC]
• New: Restraint and Seclusion Annual Report 2011-12 [PDF]  
• PPT Process and IEP Forms
• Procedural Safeguards in Special Education (2011) [English-PDF] [Spanish-PDF]
• New: SBCH Programs and Parental Consent Memo (PDF) 
• New: Sample Notification Form for School-Based Health Services [PDF] Spanish [PDF]
• New: Sample Consent Form for School-Based Health Services [DOC] Spanish [DOC]
• Special Act 08-5 Resources 
• Special Education Hearing Decisions
• Connecticut Department of Education Regulations; Special Education Regulations are found on pages 101-141[PDF] 
• Proposed Revisions to State Special Education Regulations March 2010, including Notice of Intent to Adopt and Public Hearing Dates (March, 2010) [PDF]
  • Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Special Education Regulations [PDF]
  • Analysis of Comments to the Proposed Revision to Special Education Regulations September, 2011 [PDF] 
  • Special Education Draft Regulation September, 2011 [PDF]   

• Contracted Surrogate Parent Application [PDF]

• Directory of Approved Private Special Education Programs [PDF] 
• List of Approved Private Special Education Programs [PDF] 
• Principles, Procedures and Standards for the Approval of Private Special Education Programs [PDF]
• Per Diem Rates [PDF]

• Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• State Education Resource Center (SERC)
• US DOE-Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services