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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

-    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI)   -
Due Process Hearings
Information about filing a request for a due process hearing, the resolution meeting and mediation. Includes a sample hearing request form, list of hearing officers, previous decisions and statistics.

Especially for Parents

IDEA State Complaints
Information about filing a complaint with WDPI for possible violation of state requirements under Chapter 115, Wis. Stats., or PI 11 Wis. Admin. Code, or federal requirements under IDEA when providing special education programs. Also includes: model complaint form, statistics and decisions on past complaints.

|Introduction to Special Education
Publication for those new to special education, includes resources, terminology, process.

Open Enrollment
Wisconsin's inter-district public school open enrollment program allows parents to apply for their children to attend school districts other than the one in which they reside.

Special Education Index by Topic

Special Education Laws/Procedures/Bulletins
Links to federal and state laws, Wisconsin procedures and bulletins.

Special Education in Plain Language

Special Education Rights for Parents and Children
Procedural safeguards notice (19 pages) that is required to be provided to parents (p.1 identifies when notice must be provided). School districts develop their own based on this model adapted from OSEP for Wisconsin.

Special Education Team
Contact information for WDPI staff.

|Standards and Assessment, Data Analysis, Continuous School
Improvement & best practices guide to key local, state & national information about success in education

WI Assistive Technology Initiative

|WI Education Calendar
Education-related conferences, workshops & other professional development opportunities.

WI Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS)
WI FACETS is a partner with Marquette University & CESA 7 on this discretionary grant project to administer WI’s system of mediation. Workshops available about mediation & early conflict resolution.

WI State Improvement Grant (SIG)
WI FACETS is a collaborating partner on this federal grant with WDPI.

WI State Performance Plan (SPP)
Six-year plan for improving outcomes of children with disabilities in Wisconsin. U.S. Dept. of Education/OSEP monitors WDPI using 21 measurable and rigorous targets for 3 IDEA priority areas that were required to be set by WDPI, with stakeholder input (including WI FACETS and other parents).

WI Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI)
Service for parents, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships for children with disabilities…aim to have Parent Liaison in every WI school district to promote collaboration.