Full grant funding is available for online professional development created by e-Read Ohio and funded by the Ohio Department of Education. The courses are designed to improve classroom instruction at the elementary and secondary school level. All e-Read Ohio courses focus on deepening teachers' content area literacy knowledge and pedagogical skills. e-Read Ohio courses engage teachers and principals grades preK - 12 in professional learning that is standards-focused, intellectually rigorous and can be embedded in the school day.The number of grants awarded is limited, and the grant dollars must be used to cover materials and site licenses. Applications will be accepted through March 2010. Grants will be awarded to districts as applications that meet the guidelines are received.

Eligibility for the grant is limited to school districts in Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties. The maximum size per class is 30 participants. At least 50% of the participants must work with students with special needs in general education or special education classrooms.

For more information on the grant process contact Marlene Graf at 800-686-2945 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

A new data tool with the 2008-2009 Ohio Local Report Card (LRC) data is now available at the OhioSchoolLeaders.org.
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The Ohio Department of Education's Office for Exceptional Children has created a new EMIS data collection form. As district staff develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), many find it helpful to summarize the information that will need to be reported in the Education Management Information System (EMIS) at the same time. This document is a management tool that districts may use to document special education data for submission to EMIS in the 2009-10 school year. Use of this tool is not required. It contains the fields for data that will be required to be submitted in EMIS for the 2009-10 school year and may be useful in managing the collection of required EMIS data.  To assist in summarizing the information, an optional data collection tool is available. This tool can be amended in any way a district finds useful. The form is just a tool provided for district convenience in collecting EMIS data. It is not a form that is required by ODE for any purpose.

A new federal regulation to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) provides that a parent may revoke consent for special education and related services for his or her child with a disability. The document, Whose IDEA Is This? Update Sept. 2009, summarizes the new regulation. This new information must be provided to parents no later than January 1, 2010. If districts and community schools have already made copies of Whose IDEA Is This? for use this school year, Whose IDEA Is This? Update Sept. 2009 must be printed out and inserted into the procedural safeguards notice when providing copies to parents. In this way, new copies of Whose IDEA Is This? do not have to be made this school year.

Please note that Ohio's procedural safeguards notice, Whose IDEA Is This?, is being updated to include the new regulation related to revocation of consent for the 2010-2011 school year and must be used by July 1, 2010.

If you have questions, please contact the Office for Exceptional Children, Procedural Safeguards section at (614) 466-2650 or (877) 644-6338.

To view Whose IDEA Is This? Update Sept. 2009 go to http://www.edresourcesohio.org.