The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)

The Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) is a panel that works to improve special education in Pennsylvania. The SEAP: advises the Secretary of Education and the Department of Education on the unmet educational needs of students with disabilities, on corrective action plans, and on developing and implementing policies to improve coordination of services to these students, reviews and comments on Pennsylvania’s Annual Performance Report, on proposed special education regulations, and on funding procedures, and helps the Department of Education develop and report information that is required by law to the U.S. Secretary of Education. Please use the following link to access materials provided at the scheduled SEAP meetings. SEAP Materials

Schedule: Upcoming SEAP Meetings

Date	Time	Location
September 28, 2022	6 to 8 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
September 29, 2022	8 AM to 12 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
November 16, 2022	6 to 8 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
November 17, 2022	8 AM to 12 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
January 18, 2023	6 to 8 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
January 19, 2023	8 AM to 12 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
February 28, 2023	6 to 8 PM	Hershey Lodge, Hershey
March 1, 2023	8 AM to 12 PM	Hershey Lodge, Hershey
April 19, 2023	6 to 8 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
April 20, 2023	8 AM to 12 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
May 10, 2023	6 to 8 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg
May 11, 2023	8 AM to 12 PM	PaTTAN Harrisburg

Public Attendance

Meeting Registation and Public Comment

Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP) advises the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) on the education of children with disabilities. SEAP’s purpose is to provide a broad base of input to the Secretary of Education of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), the Bureau of Special Education (BSE), and the Bureau of Early Intervention Services and Family Supports (BEISFS) regarding policies, practices and issues related to the education of children and youth with disabilities who are between the ages of 3 through 21 years of age. In addition to the required federal mandates for State Advisory Panel members, SEAP seeks out and identifies best practices and anticipates future needs for special education in Pennsylvania.

Thank you for your interest in attending the upcoming SEAP meeting. Please complete the registration so that we may send you the Zoom link. To register to attend a SEAP meeting, and provide public comment at 11:30 AM on day two of the SEAP meeting, we ask that you also complete that section of the survey.

SEAP Survey - to register to attend a SEAP meeting

Survey - English version
Encuesta en español

Public comment

Please limit your comments to no more than five minutes. If you are unable to share comments due to time constraints, you are invited to submit written comments.
Please keep your comments factual and objective. In order to maintain confidentiality and privacy standards, please avoid naming individuals (such as students, families, school staff, agency personnel, etc.)
Public comment period is intended as an opportunity for the public to make comments. It is not intended to be interactive with the panel.
Your written comments will be appended to the meeting minutes.
Your input will be taken under advisement as the SEAP addresses its priorities.

Contact information for other questions/comments: SEAP@pattan.net

Hearing Officer Decisions

IDEA Hearing Officer Decisions issued July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. https://odr-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/IDEA-HO-Decisions-07-01-20-to-06-30-21.pdf

To view a particular decision, please search here.

Panel Members

Ms. Heidi Allen Parent/Individual with a Disability Philidelphia	Ms. Cynthia Alvarez Parent/Individual with a Disability Philadelphia	Ms. Gretchen Daugherty Parent/Individual with a Disability Bradford
Ms. Maria Edelberg Representative of Administrators of Programs for Students with Disabilities Springfield	Ms. Amy Fisher Parent/Individual with a Disability Lancaster	Ms. Lisa Fulton Parent/Individual with a Disability Harrisburg
Ms. Naomi Galman Parent/Individual with a Disability Beaver	Ms. Lisa Gaylor Representative of Office of Developmental Programs Harrisburg	Mr. Christopher Grandy Parent/Individual with a Disability Charleroi
Ms. Luz Hernandez Representative of Parent Center (HUNE) Philadelphia	Ms. Sharon Janosik Parent/Individual with a Disability Bethel Park	Ms. Michele Jennings Representative of State Juvenile & Adult Corrections Agency/Individuals with Disabilities North Cambria
Mr. Joe Kleppick Parent/Individual with a Disability East McKeesport	Ms. Carmen Medina State Official responsible for McKinney-Vento Homelss Student Activities Palmyra	Ms. Diane Perry Representative for group concerned with the education of children with disabilites Norwood
Ms. Lucille Piggott-Prawl Parent/Individual with a Disability Saylorsburg	Ms. Kim Robinson Representative of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Bethlehem	Ms. Cathy Roccia-Meier Parent/Individual with a Disability Philadelphia
Dr. Perri Rosen Representative of a State Agency Harrisburg	Mr. Bob Savakinus Representative of School Age Transition Carbondale	Dr. Gina Scala Provider/Professor East Stroudsburg University
Ms. Rachel Schlosser Parent/Individual with a Disability Pittsburgh		Ms. Klarissa Spencer Representative of Office of Early Childhood Philadelphia
Ms. Jane Swan Representative of Charter School Pottstown	Ms. Cecelia Thompson Parent/Individual with a Disability Philadelphia	Mr. Edward Titterton Parent/Individual with a Disability Philadelphia
Ms. Alicia Tyler Representative of Office of Children, Youth, and Families Waynesboro	Mr. Ned Whitehead Parent/Individual with a Disability Canton	Ms. Erin Weierbach Parent/Individual with a Disability New Cumberland
Mr. Aaron Ioos Parent/Individual with a Disability Harrisburg