NPSO State Profile Database

Reports: Question #15

List the stakeholder groups that participated in the development of your data collection system.

24 states answered
Washington: SEA, LEA, higher education, adult agencies, parent advocacy groups
New Mexico: School staff including administrators, teachers, counselors, students, parents, agency stakeholders including VR, Governor's Commission on Disability, Human Services, Corrections, Children Youth and Familes, Health, Disability Planning Council, Commision for the Bilind and Commision for the Deaf and Hard of hearing and consumer advocacy groups including Parents Reaching Out, that participated through the forum of the State Transition Coordinating Council
Texas: High School Transition Statewide Leadership Function, Texas Effectiveness Study work group, and the state education agency
North Dakota: State Transition Steering Council
Wisconsin: Department of Health and Human Services Parent Advocacy Agencies Department of Workforce Development Higher Education State Dept. of Ed. Adult Disabilities Support Agencies
Kentucky: SEA; Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation; Regional Special Education Cooperatives; Local Education Agency Representatives; Parents; Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs;
New York: See "Overview Of The State Performance Plan Development" at: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/spp/plan/overview.htm on the NYSED Website for this information.
Wyoming: Secondary Transition Council and WDE staff
Oklahoma: IDEA-B advisory panel, SPP Stakehnolders, representatives from agencies such as DRS, DHS, DDSD, Tech Now, OESC, WIA, Governor's Council on Disabilities
Oregon: Transition Advisory Committee
California: Developed in-house by special education staff
Ohio: Parents, Transition Specialist, Agency Personnel, Educational Administration, Regional Services Providers. State Staff, Local Data Personnel.
Indiana: Input was solicited from parents, students, LEA staff, INDOE, University staff and an expert panel review.
Alabama: SEA, University
Connecticut: special education teachers, district transition coordinators, special education administrators, parents, dropout specialists, regional education service centers, Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Connect to Work Center, CT Technical High School System, Job Corps, Department of Labor, CT Tech Act Project, CT Association of Children and Adults with LD, UCONN, Department of Correction, SDE-Bureau of Adult Education, Community College consultant, transition student, private rehabilitation provider, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Mental Retardation, Board of Education Services for the Blind, LDA of CT, Autism Spectrum Resource Center, State Advisory Council, State Education Resource Center, and Department of Public Health.
West Virginia: Parents, Transition Coordinator, Rehabilitation Services, Developmental Disabilities Council, WV Advocates, State staff
Pennsylvania: stakeholders from the following participated: special education, regular education, career and tech education, higher education, department of public welfare, department of health, department of labor and industry, family members, youth
Nebraska: State Transition Advisory Committee State Transition Practitioners Committee Special Education Advisory Committee
Utah: SEA staff, MPRRC, State Advisory Council
Hawaii: Parents, district SPED specialists, Voc Rehab representative, disability organization representative, Special Education Advisory Council representative
Montana: It was developed by the SEA
Delaware: school programs and the State Department of Education
Arizona: Arizona Department of Education Representatives from Public Education Agencies Department of Economic Security/Rehablitation Services Administration Department of Commerce, Director of Job Training Board of Regents Arizona State University ADE/Career and Technical Education Arizona, Special Education Advisory Panel
Illinois: Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education, Illinois State Advisory Council for Students with Disabilities