The Ohio Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities identify the state requirements and federal Part B Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) requirements that apply to the implementation of special education and related services to students with disabilities by school districts, county boards of developmental disabilities and other educational agencies.

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.  The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth from birth through 21 years of age.

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A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education is Ohio's special education procedural safeguard notice for students with disabilities and their families.  This guide helps families understand their rights according to IDEA and the Ohio Operating Standards.  If you have questions about the information in this guide, please contact the director of special education for your district. SST9 consultants and our Parent Coordinator are also available to provide assistance.

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Each Child Means Each Child

Each Child Means Each Child offers recommendations, tactics and action steps to ensure Ohio’s 270,000 students currently enrolled in public schools who have been identified with disabilities benefit from the vision and core principles heralded in Ohio's strategic plan for education.

Each Child Means Each Child uses data to illustrate what education looks like for Ohio’s students with disabilities. Additionally, it organizes recommendations, tactics and actions to improve these educational experiences into three major focus areas. These include: 

• Getting to the Problem Early — Multi-Tiered System of Support 

• Building Educators’ and Systemwide Capacity — Professional Learning  

• Educating for Living a Good Life — Postsecondary Readiness and Planning  

The plan also contains stories that demonstrate how student outcomes might improve when the recommendations of the plan are implemented. 

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This resource provides an overview of OEC’s IDEA Monitoring Processes and provides the steps and activities involved when an educational agency is selected for a Tier 3 IDEA Onsite Monitoring Review.  The Record Review Guides within the document can assist ETR and IEP teams in writing compliant ETRs and IEPs.

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AT & AEM Center

At the Assistive Technology & Accessible Educational Materials (AT&AEM) Center, we are committed to ensuring access for all people with disabilities. The center promotes accessibility and personalization, creates and disseminates accessible materials and offers specialized training and technical assistance.

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