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The County Operated Student Programs Committee facilitates communication and common understanding across all student services provided by county offices of education to school districts and communities including special education, Regional Occupational Programs/Centers, alternative education programs, migrant education, outdoor science education, and HeadStart/preschool. The committee promotes the development of quality programs and services through assessment, research and dissemination of best practices.

Committee Chairs

Nick Berger

Senior Director, Student Programs

Contra Costa County Office of Education

Consuelo Williams

Associate Superintendent, Student Services

Ventura County Office of Education

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Sub-Committees.

Special Education Administrators of County Offices (SEACO)

Committee Chair(s)

Tricia Kelly

Director III, Special Education

Stanislaus COE

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Description

SEACO exists to provide support for sound, meaningful, and quality educational programs for all individuals with special needs in California schools. SEACO delivers professional learning for County Administrators of Special Education and their staff.Additionally, SEACO facilitates connections between the California Department of Education, County Offices of Education, and local educational agencies by offering specialized expertise. SEACO provides a forum in support of California County Superintendent for the deliberation about legislation and/or the establishment of positions on current issues related to special education.

Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative School Administrators of California (JCCASAC)

Committee Chair(s)

Diana Velasquez

Executive Director, Special Programs Support and Transformation

Los Angeles COE

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Description

The purpose of the Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative Schools Administrators of California (JCCASAC) is to support student success, create a collegial network of County Office Administrators, research and share best practices for at-promise students, encourage legislation that advocates for the learning needs of alternative education students, and to provide input and guidance to superintendents relative to the diverse needs of our student population.

County Operated Charters

Committee Chair(s)

Hugo Sanchez

Program Director and Principal

Madera County SoS

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Description

County Operated Charters, subcommittee of County Operated Student Programs Committee, facilitates support to the growing number of county offices operating charter schools designed to provide high school diploma and employment training to students age 16 and older who are unable to complete high school through traditional options. County Operated Charters serves as an essential professional network for these unique programs, develops statewide industry standards for county office operated charter programs, and provides advocacy necessary for sustaining county-wide diploma options for older students within the K-12 school system.

County Office of Education Program Administrators of Child Development (COEPACD)

Committee Chair(s)

Eric Sonnenfeld

Assistant Administrator, Early Childhood Education

Tulare COE

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Description

COEPACD serves as a major resource to California County Superintendent for expertise, information, activities, and decisions relating to prekindergarten, early care and education, and child development policies, funding, programs, services, delivery systems and related issues. COEPACD facilitates communication, advocacy, and common activities between the County Operated Student Programs Committee and CISC that support the early education leadership efforts of the county superintendents, including the California County Superintendent Prekindergarten Task Force.
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