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Evaluations for Special Education Services: Information for ParentsEvaluations for Special Education Services: Information for Parents
District program contacts expressed concerns regarding potential miscommunications between school personnel and parents when parents request an evaluation for special education services for their child. Therefore, the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services has provided a brochure designed to answer the following questions for parents:
- My child needs help in school. Does my child have a disability?
- What is RtI?
- I have requested an evaluation for my child. Now what?
- What is the evaluation going to include? .
- How will I know the results? .
The direct link to the brochure is http://www.florida-rti.org/EvaluationsSpecialEd.pdf or you may access the brochure at Florida's Response to Instruction/Intervention Web site at http://www.florida-rti.org/ under the RtI News section.
Literacy League
The Literacy League book club is a new reading initiative designed to connect Florida's middle school students with their favorite authors in modern and innovative ways.
- Literacy League Fact Sheet (PDF, 43KB)
- Please e-mail LiteracyLeague@fldoe.org.
Haiti Resources:
Free Health Assessment and Immunization Services Information from the Florida
Refugee Health Program.
For more information, contact the Florida Refugee Health Program at 850-245-4350
Frequently Asked Questions-Related to Students from Haiti
2010 Legislative Session: Summary of Bills Related to Scholarship Programs and Private Schools (PDF, 90KB)
Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program (PDF, 35KB)
2009 Legislative/Rules Update for Florida's Charter Schools Program (PDF, 305KB)
2008 MIS Database Workshop Presentations
Upcoming Events
Florida Charter School Conference - November 8-10, 2010
The fourteenth annual Florida Charter School Conference will take place November 8-10, 2010, in Orlando, Florida, at the DoubleTree Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando.
The theme for this year's gathering is Florida's Charter Schools: Rising to the Challenge.
We are currently issuing calls for Presentations, Program Committee members and Student Performances. For more information, please visit Florida Charter School Conference, or e-mail the Charter School Program Office at charterschools@fldoe.org.