The Massachusetts special education law, Chapter 71B of the Massachusetts General Laws, requires a school district to establish a PAC, and assigns both an advisory and a participatory function to the PAC.
For additional information, please refer to the Guidance for Special Education Parent Advisory Councils guidelines on-line at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/pac/default.html.
The District would like to take this opportunity to thank the previous SEPAC officers, Gail Whitlock and Denise Andler for their service, contributions and efforts last year and in previous years. At this time SEPAC is without officers and parents within the community have expressed interest in holding an open meeting this month to identify new officers. Therefore, we are sharing the following message and details from one of the parent organizers of the meeting schedule on Monday, April 12th, 2010.
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Dear Fellow Parents/Guardian,
You are invited to a Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) meeting for the Amherst, Pelham, and Amherst Regional School Districts on Monday, April 12th, 2010 at the Amherst Regional Middle School library from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Childcare and light refreshments will be provided.
The agenda for our first meeting includes:
~Creation of the SEPAC Board
~Discussion of upcoming Special Education Evaluation
~Creation of Peer support for parents/guardian
~Open discussion on any issues of interest
SEPAC is a family oriented organization. It is free and open to ALL parents and guardian with an interest in Special Education. Please let us know if you will be coming. Kindly email Pat Ononibaku at Patbaku@aol.com or call her at (413) 627-0043. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Pat Ononibaku
for the Organizing Committee
