Directory
of State Departments of Education
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Alabama
Department of Special Education Services
334-242-8114
Website: www.alsde.edu
Alaska
Office of Special Education/AK Department of Education
907-465-2972
Website: www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/sped
Arizona
Exceptional Student Services, Department of Education
602-542-4013
Website: www.ade.state.az.us
Arkansas
Special Education Unit, Department of Education
501-682-4225
California
Special Education, Department of Education
916- 445-4729
Website: www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/index.htm
Colorado
Special Education Services Unit/CO Dept. of Educ.
303-866-6694
Connecticut
Bureau of Special Education & Pupil Services
860-807-2025
Website: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/deps/special/index.htm
Delaware
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
302-739-5471
Website: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm
District
of Columbia Division of Special Education
202-442-4800
Website: www.k12.dc.us/dcps/home.html
Florida
Bureau of Instructional Support & Community Services
850-488-1570
Georgia
Division for Exceptional Students
404-656-3963
Website: www.doe.k12.ga.us/sla/exceptional/exceptional.html
Hawaii
Special Education Section
808-733-4990
Website: www2.k12.hi.us/PUBLIC/SPED.nsf
Idaho
Bureau of Special Education
208-332-6910
Illinois
Special Education Coordination
217-782-4826
Website: www.isbe.state.il.us
Indiana
Division of Special Education
317-232-0570
Website: http://web.indstate.edu/soe/iseas/dse.html
Iowa
Children, Family and Community Services
515-281-5735
Website: www.state.ia.us/educate/index.html
Kansas
Student Support Services
785-291-3097
Website: www.ksbe.state.ks.us/sss/specialeducation.html
Kentucky
Division of Exceptional Children's Services
502-564-4970
Website: www.kde.state.ky.us
Louisiana
Division of Special Populations
225-342-3633
Website: www.doe.state.la.us
Maine
Office of Special Services
207-287-5950; 207-287-2550
Website: http://www.state.me.us/education/speced/specserv.htm
Maryland
Division of Special Education
410-767-0238
Website: www.msde.state.md.us
Massachusetts
Educational Improvement Group
781-338-3000; 781-338-3388
Website: www.doe.mass.edu
Michigan
Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services
517-373-9433
Website: www.mde.state.mi.us/off/sped
Minnesota
Department of Children, Families and Learning, Division of Special
Education
651-582-8289; 651-582-8201 (TTY)
Website: children.state.mn.us/speced/speced.htm
Mississippi
Office of Special Education
601-359-3498
Website: www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/sped
Missouri
Division of Special Education
573-751-2965
Website: www.dese.state.mo.us/divspeced
Montana
Special Education Division
406-444-4429
Nebraska
Special Populations, Department of Education
402-471-2471 (V/TTY);
Website: www.nde.state.ne.us/SPED/sped.html
Nevada
Educational Equity, Department of Education
775-687-9171
New
Hampshire Department of Education
603-271-1536
Website: www.state.nh.us/educate/index.html
New
Jersey Office of Special Education Programs
609-633-6833
Website: www.state.nj.us/education
New
Mexico Special Education
505-827-6541
Website: www.sde.state.nm.us
New
York Office of Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals
with Disabilities
518-474-2714
Website: www.nysed.gov
North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Exceptional Children
Division
919-807-3969
Website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/
North
Dakota Special Education
701-328-2277; 701-328-4920 (TTY)
Website: www.dpi.state.nd.us/dpi/speced/index.htm
Ohio
Office for Exceptional Children
614-466-2650
Website: www.ode.state.oh.us/SE
Oklahoma
Special Education Services
405-521-3351
Oregon
Office of Special Education
503-378-3600, ext 2329; 503-378-2892 (TTY)
Website: www.ode.state.or.us/sped/index.htm
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Special Education
717-783-6913
Special Education Consultline: 800 879-2301 (V/TTY)
Website: www.pde.psu.edu
Rhode
Island Office of Special Needs
401-222-4600, ext. 2301
South
Carolina Office of Exceptional Children
803-734-8806
Website: http://www.myscschools.com/
South
Dakota Office of Special Education
605-773-3678; 605-773-6302 (TTY)
Website: www.state.sd.us/deca/special/special.htm
Tennessee
Division of Special Education
615-741-2851
Website: www.state.tn.us/education/msped.htm
Texas
Education Agency, Division of Special Education
512-463-9414; 800-252-9668
Website: www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed
Utah
At Risk and Special Education Services
801-538-7711
Website: www.usoe.k12.ut.us/sars
Vermont
Student Support Services
802-828-2755
Website: www.state.vt.us/educ/sped.htm
Virginia
Division of Instructional Support Services
804-225-3252; 800-292-3820
Website: www.pen.k12.va.us
Washington
Special Education Section
360-753-6733; 360-586-0126 (TTY)
Website: www.k12.wa.us
West
Virginia Office of Special Education
304-558-2696
Wisconsin
Department of Special Education,
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
608-266-1649; 800-441-4563
Website: www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een
Wyoming
Department of Education, Special Programs Unit
307-777-7417
Website: www.k12.wy.us
American
Samoa Special Education Division
011 684-633-1323
Guam
Department of Education
011-671-475-0552 (V)
Northern
Mariana Island, Special Education, Public School System
011-670-664-3730/3731
Puerto
Rico Department of Education
787-759-7228
U.
S. Virgin Islands, Special Education/Department of Education
340-774-4399
