MEMORANDUM
TO:
County Superintendents
RESA Executive Directors
County Special Education Directors
Jane McBride, Superintendent, WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Matt Kittle, Superintendent, Office of Institutional Education Programs
RESA Special Education Administrators
District Building Principals
Private School Principals
West Virginia Advisory Council for the Education of Exceptional Children
(WVACEEC)
Parent Educator Resource Centers
West Virginia Parent Training Information
West Virginia Advocates
Mountain State Parents Children and Adolescents Network
WVU-CED Parent Specialist Mountain Family State Alliance
Due Process Hearing Officers
Mediators
Rosemary Jenkins, American Federation of Teachers
Anita Maxwell, West Virginia Education Association
FROM:
Lynn Boyer, Ph.D
Executive Director
Office of Special Education, Extended and Early Learning
SUBJECT:
West Virginia Part B Application for FFY07 Part B Grant Award under
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement ActAvailable for Public Comment
DATE:
March 16, 2007
The West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Special Programs, Extended and Early
Learning (OSP) is making available for public comment the West Virginia Part B Application for
the FFY07 Part B Grant Award under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
Act (IDEA). This application is submitted annually in order to receive West Virginia’s federal
Part B grant award for the education of students with disabilities ages 3-21.
The WV Part B Application packet provides information pertaining to West Virginia’s status with
regard to the implementation of the reauthorized IDEA and its final regulations, effective October
13, 2006. Each state is required to ensure that their state policy is consistent with the final Part B
regulations.
Proposed Policy 2419: Regulations for the Education of Students with
Exceptionalities includes the requirements needed to implement the Part B regulations and
address the required components of this application. The WV Part B Application can be
accessed at Department’s and OSP’s websites at http://wvde.state.wv.us and
http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose, respectively.
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March 16, 2007
OSEP requires all states to publish these applications for 60 days and 30 days for public comment
in accordance with 441 of the General Education Provisions Act and the Part B regulations at 34
CFR 300.165. Two public hearings on the WV Part B Application will also be conducted to
fulfill the public participation requirements.

Beginning March 16, 2007, the WV Part B Application will be published on the
Department’s
and
OSP’s
websites
at
http://wvde.state.wv.us
and
http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose, respectively.

Beginning March 23, 2007, the WV Part B Application will be available for comment and
can be accessed at the Department’s and OSP’s websites at http://wvde.state.wv.us and
http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose, respectively. The public comment period ends April 21, 2007.

Written comments and suggestions regarding the application may be submitted:1) online
though the Department’s homepage at http://wvde.state.wv.us/ose; 2) by mail or email; or
3) by facsimile (please refer to attached comment form).

Two public hearings will be conducted via conference calls to receive oral comments and
suggestions with regard to the proposed application. Each public hearing will be conducted
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Information pertaining to the public hearings (i.e., conference
calls) is as follows:
Date/
Time
March 28
6:30-7:30
p.m.
Directions for Accessing the Public
Hearings
Call: 1-800-244-2500
At the prompt: enter PIN 4641572#
April 10
6:30-7:30
p.m.
Call: 1-800-244-2500
At the prompt: enter PIN 4641572#
If you are a person with a disability and are unable to participate in the public hearings (i.e.,
conference calls), please contact Annette Carey at
1-800-642-8541 (V/TDD) or
acarey@access.k12.wv.us by March 26 or April 5, 2007, respectively.
The OSP welcomes the interests and opinions of the public it serves. If you have questions
regarding this memorandum or the application, please contact Robin K. Bolling, Assistant
Director or me at (304)-558-2696 (V/TDD).
c: Jack McClanahan
Jorea Marple
Jan Barth
Jan Stanley
OSP Coordinators
OAA Coordinators
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