FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Jeanine Blomberg
Commissioner of Education
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
LINDA K. TAYLOR
July
25
, 2007
MEMORANDUM:
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07-19
TO:
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District ESE Directors
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District
VPK
Contacts
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FROM:
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Shan Goff, Executive Director, Office of Early Learning
Bambi J. Lockman, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student
Services
SUBJECT:
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Technical Assistance Paper # 07-03: Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK)
Education Programs and Programs for Children with Disabilities
Consistent with our goal to increase inclusive placements for prekindergarten children with
disabilities through collaboration with the VPK Program, we are pleased to provide you with
the attached technical assistance paper with updated data which addresses some of the
policy issues related to these two programs.
If you have questions, please contact Shan Goff with the Office of Early Learning at (850)
245-0445, SunCom 205-0445, or via e-mail at shan.goff@fldoe.org or Cathy Bishop with
the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services at (850) 245-0936, SunCom
205-0936 or via e-mail at cathy.bishop@fldoe.org.
SG/cc
Attachment
cc:
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Assistant Superintendents for Curriculum and Instruction
Coordinators, Prekindergarten Programs for Children with Disabilities
Marilyn
Hibbard
Gladys
Wilson
SHAN GOFF
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING
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325 W. GAINES STREET • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0445 • www.fldoe.org