Special Education Parent/Family Liaison: Julie Weicht, Director of Special Education
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires that each state establish and maintain a state advisory panel (State Special Education Advisory Committee, or SSEAC) to advise state special education staff regarding the education of children with disabilities. The Virginia Board of Education appoints SSEAC members. The Commonwealth of Virginia is unique in that each of our school divisions are required by the Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia to have a local advisory committee (local SEAC) for special education. SEAC members are appointed by local school boards to perform several important functions that are detailed in this guide. State regulations require that a majority of the committee be comprised of parents of children with disabilities or people with disabilities. They advise school boards through their school division superintendents.
Westmoreland SEAC Members
Faye Turner, Chair
Belinda Johnson, Westmoreland CSA
Jalisa Jackson, Parent
Emily Jenkins, Parent
Shanteus Hence, Parent
Carole Washington, Director of Special Education
Meetings for 2023-2024
March 26, 2024
April 23, 2024
May 28, 2024
June 8, 2024
The VDOE is asking for your assistance in promoting the completion of the survey by each of your families who has a child with a disability and is provided special education services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Families who have more than one child receiving special education services should complete a survey for each of their children.