Special Education

Special Education Guidance Documents

All documents are PDF.

• Children in Out-Of-Home Placement, House Bill 08-1019, June 24, 2009
• Discipline of Children with Disabilities, March 19, 2012
• ECEA Requirements that Exceed IDEA Requirements, September 1, 2011
• Educational Surrogate Parent Rules and Requirements
  • Educational Surrogate Parent Assignments Memo to Special Education Directors
  • Educational Surrogate Parent Responsibilities and Contact Authorization Memo
    • Educational Surrogate Parent Rules, 1 CCR 301-8, 2220-R-6.02(8)
    • Assignment of an Educational Surrogate Parent (ESP) Form 2012-2013
• New Disability Categories, Guidance and Timelines (House Bill 11-1277), October 31, 2011
• IEP Training for Foster Parents (House Bill 09-1078), January 27, 2010
• McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
  • IDEA 2004 and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
    • More Information on the McKinney-Vento Act
• NIMAS/NIMAC - Procedures in Colorado, September 2, 2009
• Pre-School
  • Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for Special Education Pre-School Students, December 03, 2008
  • Transition From Early Intervention (Part C) Services to Preschool Special Education (Part B) Services Memo, April 2001
  • OSEP LRE/FAPE Letter, February 2012
• Private School Children with Disabilities, August 20, 2012
• Speech Language Pathologists (SLP)/Occupational Therapists (OT)/Physical Therapists (PT)
  • SLP/OT/PT Services, April 1, 2009
  • Speech-Language Services - Frequently Asked Questions, October 8, 2010

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