| The Orange County Schools Special
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| | practitioners, use the legislative
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| Education Alliance was created by the 28
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| | process to seek adequate funding to
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| districts in Orange County in 2003. The
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| | provide these high quality services, and
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| primary goal of the Orange County Schools
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| | when necessary, support litigation to
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| Special Education Alliance is to meet the
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| | achieve these goals. Orange County
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| need for a countywide system that can
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| | Schools Special Education Alliance also
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| focus on special education. This includes
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| | encourages staff members, parents,
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| offering staff development and training
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| | advocates and organizations to get
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| to school employees, creating leadership
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| | involved by using their voices and
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| in advocating for legislative and
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| | contact the local officials and hold them
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| administrative change, overseeing the
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| | accountable for promises and mandates for
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| decisions and rulings rendered by
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| | which regular education and special needs
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| administrative agencies, offering a way
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| | children are entitled.
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| to fund the litigation and appeals of
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| | Orange County Schools Special Education
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| administrative and judicial decisions and
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| | Alliance is lead by an Executive
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| rulings especially when the outcome has a
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| | Committee that is composed of
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| countywide significance or precedent
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| | Superintendents from different school
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| setting in its implications for all
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| | districts across Orange County. The
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| students.
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| | actual carrying out of the goals is the
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| The Orange County Schools Special
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| | responsibility of the Review Committee.
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| Education Alliance was created with the
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| | The Review Committee is comprised of five
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| intention of addressing all the concerns
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| | Superintendents regionally nominated,
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| of all students regardless of if the
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| | Orange County Schools legal counsel, two
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| student has any manner disability. Any
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| | private attorneys representing school
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| student that is not receiving the full
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| | districts in special education matters,
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| services they need changed because of
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| | two SELPA directors, and one business
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| lack of funding to support mandates
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| | administrator. The Review Committee has
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| created under the federal Individuals
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| | been working hard for the past two years
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| with Disabilities Education Act. The main
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| | in order to try and meet the goals of the
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| problem that Orange County Schools faces
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| | Orange County Schools Special Education
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| with meeting this federal mandate is
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| | Alliance. Even though the focus of the
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| drawing funds from the regular education
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| | Orange County Schools Special Education
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| program. Funds are often taken from the
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| | Alliance is in the areas of legal and
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| regular education program to support the
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| | funding, it tries hard to work closely
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| needs of special education students.
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| | with teachers and staff members so that
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| Orange County Schools Special Education
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| | its members are informed about the needs
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| Alliance aims to provide the services all
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| | of the schools at root levels.
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| students need to be successful in meeting
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| | Since the Orange County Schools Special
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| academic standards.
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| | Education Alliance was created it has
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| Orange County Schools Special Education
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| | accomplish a great deal to meet the needs
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| Alliance plans to accomplish this goal by
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| | of the school districts across Orange
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| providing staff development to its
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| | County.
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