Equitable Services Webinars in October 2023

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ODE partners with Federal Education Group to offer FREE Webinars in October!

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Equitable Services Webinars available in October 2023

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is excited to announce a partnership with the Federal Education Group to provide three free equitable service webinars. All private school leaders, public school administrative staff and ODE partners who work with equitable service programs under ESEA or IDEA federal programs are invited to attend these webinars. 

Please pre-register for the webinars which will occur from 9:00am - 10:30am on the following Tuesdays: October 10th, 17th and 24th. Recordings and materials will be available for each presentation. When you register, you will have the opportunity to submit questions that we will do our best to address after the presentation.

Each webinar will begin with a 60 minute presentation which will then be followed by a 30 minute question/answer session. The topics to be covered during each presentation are as follows: 


Tuesday, October 10th: Introduction to ESEA Equitable Services

  • Identifying where the rules governing ESEA equitable services come from
  • Identifying which programs are subject to equitable services requirements
  • Key roles and responsibilities for SEAs, LEAs and nonpublic school officials
  • Timely and meaningful consultation
  • Dispute resolution

Zoom Registration link 


Tuesday, October 17th: Funding ESEA Equitable Services and Allowable Activities

  • How to calculate the Title I set-aside
  • How to calculate the set-aside for other ESEA programs
  • What makes services equitable
  • What kinds of services ESEA programs can support (with priority on Title I-A, Title II-A, Title III-A and Title IV-A)

Zoom Registration link


Tuesday, October 24th: IDEA Equitable Services Requirements

  • Identifying where the rules governing IDEA equitable services come from
  • Key roles and responsibilities
  • Consultation
  • Calculating the IDEA set-aside
  • Determining services

Zoom Registration link