Re: Come Make Special Education more Effective by making Public Comment

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Please do send your public comments to me, but use this email address:  stephanie@....  The old one will roll to the new one, but it can sometimes get lost in our spam filters.  The address above is my current/new email address.

Thanks!! Moss

Hello Advocates and Parents, (please forward this email)

 

 Last State Advisory Panel meeting there were several

written comments and only two folks standing up to speak. I want taxpayers and

stakeholders to know and use the State Advisory Panel process to strengthen

education in Georgia.

 

 There are two methods to make public comment:

 

 Submit written public comment to State Advisory

Panel on Special Education!

 

 Write your comment and email it to @...

 

by 3 days before the meeting which is May 3rd, 2010 and it will be

read to the whole panel

 

Come give oral public comment to the State Advisory Panel

on Special Education!

 

 - Oral public comment is on May 6th at 11:30 am.

 

 - The

State Advisory Panel for Special Education will hold their next meeting on May

6-7, 2010 at the Lake Blackshear Resort in Cordele, Georgia.  The full

Panel meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 6, 2010.

 The meeting on Friday, May 7, 2010,  will begin at 8 a.m. and

adjourn around 2 p.m..

The Lake

Blackshear Resort is located at 2459-H US Highway 280 West in Cordele, Georgia.

 

 

 Here is more information taken from the State

Advisory Panel’s policies and procedures:

 

 * Procedures for Public Comment *

 

 *PUBLIC COMMENT *

 

 The following are guidelines for public input

(taken from the SAP Policies and Procedures manual).

 

 * *Thirty minutes will be allocated on the agenda

for public input at each meeting. Additional time may be added at the

discretion of the Chair.

 

  * Public comment is limited to no more than 5

minutes per person.

 

   * A sign-in sheet will be available at the

registration table.   Those wishing to speak will be asked to sign

in. The Chair will call on individuals based on the order participants have

signed in.

 

  * Public comment may be oral or in written form to

be read by the Chair.

 

* Each speaker will clearly state their full name and

county of residence.

 

· All public comment should be factual and should

not include personally identifiable information of students or personnel in

order to maintain confidentiality. Speakers should avoid using names of

students or staff and maintain confidentiality and privacy standards.

 

* All public comments will be taken under advisement by

the Panel but will not elicit a written or spoken response. The names of

persons providing public comment and a brief summary of topics or input will be

included in the meeting minutes published.

 

 * *

 

 * Submitting written public comment *

 

· The public may submit comment in written form to

be read by the chairperson and/or distributed at State Advisory Panel (SAP)

meetings during the public input session, if unable to present in person.

 

· All written comments must be submitted via

email, mail or fax (404 651-6457) to the chairperson and received at least 3

business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Any written comments submitted

after that time will be read and/or distributed at a later SAP meeting.

 

 · Written input must include the name,

address and county of residence of the person submitting comment. Specific

issues about a particular student should be addressed to the Georgia Department

of Education, Divisions for Special Education Services and Supports rather than

the SAP.

 

If anyone needs special assistance to participate in the

public input session, every effort will be made to provide the accommodation.

When requesting accommodations for public input, please allow no less than 3

business days notice prior to the scheduled meeting.* *

 

 

K. Lipson, JD

Director, Parent Leadership Support Project

The Georgia Advocacy Office

One Decatur Town Center

150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430

Decatur, GA 30030

(404) 885- 1234 or 1 (800) 537- 2329 (voice or TDD)

llipson@...

www.thegao.org

 

-- MossAssistant Director/PTI DirectorParent to Parent of Georgia3805 Presidential Parkway, Suite 207Atlanta, GA 303401-