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Ohio Department of Education

Office for Exceptional Children (OEC)

IDEA Monitoring Process Forest Hills Local School District Parent/Public Meeting March 5, 2019 - 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Components of Monitoring Process

• Information from public meeting, written

comments and individual meetings

• Review of randomly selected student records
• Interviews of staff (regular and special

education), special education directors and administrators

• Written Summary Report
• Implementation of the district-developed

Strategic Improvement Plan

Ground Rules

• Complete the “Request to Speak” form and

return to OEC staff.

• The facilitator will recognize one speaker at a

time.

• Direct comments to the OEC facilitator.
• Focus your response on operation or

performance of the special education program and not individual staff and/or students.

• Be concise.
• Adhere to time limits.

Submitting Written Comments

• 1. Mail to:

Office for Exceptional Children Ohio Department of Education 25 South Front Street, Mail Stop 409 Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183; or

• 2. Fax Joe Kujkowski at 614-728-1097; or
• 3. E-mail Joe Kujkowski at

joseph.kujkowski@education.ohio.gov All written comments submitted must be received by 5 p.m. on , April 5, 2019.

Handling Concerns

• Discuss your concerns with your child’s teacher.
• If not resolved at that level, talk with the building

principal to seek resolution.

• If not resolved with the principal, contact the

district’s special education department.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Mediation – a neutral third party works with

the district and the parents to reach consensus on a variety of issues;

• Facilitation – a neutral third party works with

the IEP team or the evaluation team to reach consensus.

Dispute Resolution Contact Information

The Office for Exceptional Children (614) 752-1404 Sandy Kaufman (614) 466-0946 Heather Clingerman

• or-

Toll-free at (877) 644-6338. OECMediationFacilitation@education.ohio.gov

SST Contact Information

Region: State Support Team-13 Name: Linda DiMarco Email: linda.dimarco@hcesc.org Phone: 513-674-4200

Other Supports

The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (Ohio’s Parent Information Center) Toll-free (800) 374-2806