FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Jeanine Blomberg

Commissioner of Education

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Chairman

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

DR. AKSHAY DESAI

ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ

PHOEBE RAULERSON

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

LINDA K. TAYLOR

March

15,

2007

MEMORANDUM #07-12

TO:

Contact Persons, School District Early Childhood Programs

Contact Persons, School District Programs for Prekindergarten Children with

Disabilities

FROM:

Shan Goff, Executive Director, Office of Early Learning

Bambi J. Lockman, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services

SUBJECT:

Fact Sheet for Families of Preschool Children with Special Needs

We are pleased to provide you with the updated

“Fact Sheet for Families – What Families of

Preschool Children with Special Needs Should Know about the Summer Voluntary

Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program.”

This fact sheet is an informational resource

intended for the families of children with disabilities and other special needs. You may copy this

document for distribution to parents. This document m

ay be accessed through the Department of

Education (DOE), Office of Early Learning (OEL) website at

http://www.firn.edu/doe/earlylearning/district.htm.

If you have questions regarding the

“Fact Sheet for Families,”

please contact Kim Komisar,

Program Director, Office of Early Learning, at (850) 245-0445 or via email at

Kim.Komisar@fldoe.org or Cathy Bishop, Program Director, Bureau of Exceptional Education

and Student Services, at (850) 245-0478 or via email at Cathy.Bishop@fldoe.org.

SG/BL/am

cc: District Administrators, Exceptional Student Education

District

Administrators, Student Services

Pamela

Smith

Bettye

Hyle

Gladys

Wilson

325 W. GAINES STREET • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org