Family Involvement in Your Child's Education In School and Beyond...Where

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• Great Start

• Great Parents Statewide Map

• Early On® Michigan

• Local Interagency Coordinating Council (LICC)

  • What are LICCs? (From Early On® Michigan)
  • Find your LICC - Contact your local Early On® Coordinator

• The Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council (MICC) strengthens and supports Michigan families of children ages birth to five with special needs by advising and assisting the Michigan Department of Education in the evaluation and continuous improvement of the Early On® System. (Scroll down the page to see the "Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council" section.)

  • Michigan's State Interagency Coordinating Council Executive Order (PDF)
  • Governor Granholm Makes Appointments and Reappointments to Michigan's MICC (PDF)

• Preschool

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• Local School

• Statewide Councils and Committees

Local School

• Local Schools - Click here to contact your local public school, public school academy (also called charter school, or private school and ask how you can be involved in your child’s school)
• CEN Directory: Intermediate and Local School Districts
• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
• Non Public and Home Schools
  • Information on Non Public, Private and Home Schools
  • Non Public Service Plans

Statewide Councils and Committees

• PTO/PTA
  • Parent Teacher Student Association (PTA or PTSA) or Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) – Contact your local school
• School Improvement Plan/Team (SIT)
  • School Improvement Plan/Team (SIT) – Contact your local school
• Local Parent Advisory Committee (PAC)
  • Some school districts have a local Parent Advisory Committees (PAC) – Contact your school district special education director
• Service Provider Self Review (SPSR)
  • Ask your school district about participating on the Service Provider Self-Review (SPSR) Team

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• CEN Directory: Intermediate and Local School Districts

• Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICC)

  • What are LICCs? (From Early On® Michigan)
  • Find your LICC - Contact your local Early On® Coordinator
• Each Intermediate School District (ISD) in Michigan is required to appoint a Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), composed of representatives from each of its constituent districts. Contact your local ISD for information on the PAC in your area.
  • From Bridges4Kids and Mecosta-Osceola ISD PAC's Websites
    • What is a PAC?
    • What are the main functions and responsibilities of a PAC?
    • Michigan Revised Administrative Rules for Special Education: R 340.1838 Rule 138: Parent advisory committee
    • Funding
    • What can my local PAC do for me and my child?

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• Michigan
• Statewide Councils and Committees
• Federal

Michigan

• Michigan Department of Education
• MDE Office of Early Childhood Education & Family Services
• MDE Office of Special Education & Early Intervention

Statewide Councils and Committees

• The Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council (MICC) strengthens and supports Michigan families of children ages birth to five with special needs by advising and assisting the Michigan Department of Education in the evaluation and continuous improvement of the Early On® System. (Scroll down the page to see the "Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council" section.)

• Michigan's Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandated state advisory panel to the State Board of Education and the Michigan Department of Education.

• Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs) are local planning and advisory bodies for the Early On® system, established through the sixty-four local service areas in Michigan. For more information, contact your local Early On® Coordinator.

• Each Intermediate School District (ISD) in Michigan is required to appoint a Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), composed of representatives from each of its constituent districts. Contact your local ISD for information on the PAC in your area.

Federal

• U.S. Department of Education
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) News

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