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Members
Meeting Dates
Agenda
ACSD
Annual Report
State
Special Education Advisory Committee
FCPS
Office of Special Education
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YOUR LOCAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
SERVES YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY
The Fairfax County
Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities (ACSD) advises
the Fairfax County School Board about special education issues
and ways in which they can make special education services as
effective as possible. The ACSD is the Local Advisory Committee
(LAC) that the state of Virginia requires for each school division.
The committee is a collaborative effort among school division
personnel, parents, and other community representatives.
Members are appointed by the Fairfax County School Board to serve
two-year terms. Fairfax County citizens serve on the ACSD, representing,
among others, each member of the School Board, the eight clusters,
and a variety of citizen groups, as mandated by School Board regulation.
The ACSD accomplishes its purpose by:
- assisting local school division
personnel in developing long range plans for special education
services;
- advising school division
personnel, the School Board, and the community about issues
related to special education; and
- participating in the development
of priorities and strategies to meet identified needs of students
with disabilities.
As a Local Advisory
Committee, the ACSD must designate one meeting annually to review
the school division's Special Education Annual Plan, which
is submitted to the State Department of Education with the application
for federal funds. The ACSD also provides an annual report to
the School Board that describes the year's activities and identified
areas of need.
This year, much of the committee's work will focus on studying
two identified areas and how they affect the education of students
with disabilities: inclusion of students with disabilities in
the general education classroom and instruction issues affecting
students with disabilities.
The ACSD formed subcommittees related to these topics that will
continue to work on them throughout this school year.
Citizens are welcome to contact members of the ACSD, provide written
comment to the ACSD, or give public comment at the meetings during
the time designated. Contact information follows.
The committee meets 7:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each
month except August and September at the Dunn
Loring Administrative Center, 2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring,
Virginia (unless otherwise noted). Public comments are limited
to three minutes, and the committee appreciates written copies
of public comments that include contact information. Anyone needing
accommodations for a disability in order to attend or participate
in this Fairfax County Public Schools activity should call (703)
204-3941. Calls should be made seven days prior to the activity
so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
View
upcoming meeting dates >
The
purpose of the ACSD is to promote the assurance of free,
appropriate public education for students with disabilities.
Its functions are to advise the FCPS and its School Board
of the unmet needs in the education of children with disabilities
and assist in developing plans to meet those needs. The
ACSD is advisory and does not make policy, procedures, or
regulations for students in Fairfax County.
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