SPECIAL EDUCATION-NEBRASKA DEPT. OF EDUCATION
Description
ASSISTS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE DATE OF DIAGNOSIS UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN THE CHILD REACHES AGE TWENTY-ONE. MAJOR FUNCTIONS INCLUDE: PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARENTS; ASSIST PROGRAMS IN MEETING STATE AND FEDERAL SPECIAL EDUCATION REGULATIONS; AND ASSURE THAT RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR PARENTS ARE PROTECTED.
Contact Information
Address:
PO BOX 94987
Lincoln
NE
68509
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.education.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-2471
Other Phone(s):
Fax
402-471-5022
Main Contact(s):
STEVE MILLIKEN
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
steve.milliken@nde.ne.gov
General Information
Agency ID: 390
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Education: Special Education
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: SOME PAMPHLETS & BROCHURES. RULE 51
Eligibility: AGES 0-21 IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A DISABILITY VERIFIED AS PER NDE RULE 51. DISABILITIES INCLUDE: AUTISM, BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, DEAF-BLINDNESS, HEARING IMPAIRMENTS, MENTAL HANDICAPS, MULTIPLE DISABILITIES, ORTHOPEDIC IMPAIMENTS, OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS, SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES, SPEECH-LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND/OR VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
Ages Served: Ages 0 to 21
Disabilities Served: BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), Hearing Impairment, LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Speech Disability, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees: NO CHRGE
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: MARGARET WORTH LEGAL COUNSEL BETH WIERDA CHILDFIND-CATHY HAYES
Languages with interpreters on staff: