Program/Service Information
NYS Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) Program
Resource Author/Owner/Service Provider
NYS Department of Education (SED)
Description
Regional associates at the Quality Assurance office located in your school district will answer questions about special education. Within each office, Regional Associates, who are employees of the State Education Department, are assigned to specific school districts and special education programs. The Regional Associate oversees preschool and school-age special education services and serves as a resource to parents, school district personnel, and private providers. Responsibilities include:
- Conduct Quality Assurance Reviews of public and private special education programs. The purpose of the review is to determine compliance with federal and State special education laws and regulations. Areas of strength and weakness in regard to effective evaluation and instructional practices are identified as part of the review process. The goal of the review is to make programs more effective and to positively affect student results.
- Provide technical assistance to parents, school district personnel, and special education programs.
- Provide general information regarding services for students with disabilities to parents, school district personnel, private providers, and other stakeholders.
- Oversee certain grant applications for the expenditure of federal IDEA funds.
- Investigate complaints alleging a public or private special education program's noncompliance with federal or state law or regulation pertaining to the education of students with disabilities.
The Special Education Quality Assurance Regional Offices. When contacting the regional office, please identify your county, school district, or special education program so that you may be directed to the appropriate Regional Associate.
Additional Information
You may email seqa@nysed.gov to address specific questions related to your school district or child.
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Contact Information/Service Locations
Central Regional Office
NYS Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) Hughes State Office Building
333. E. Washington St., Suite 210
Syracuse, NY 13202
Web:
http://www.nysed.gov/special-education/special-education-quality-assurance-central-regional-office
Contacts:
Kathleen Millman, Chief of Special Education
(585) 344-2002
Karen Volpi, Regional Supervisor
(315) 428-4556
Phone:
(315) 428-4556, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga, Tompkins
Eastern Regional Office
NYS Education Department
Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
89 Washington Avenue, Room 309 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Web:
http://www.nysed.gov/special-education/special-education-quality-assurance-eastern-regional-office
Contacts:
Kathleen Millman, Chief of Special Education Services
(585) 344-2002
Sean Dwyer, Regional Supervisor
(518) 486-6366
Phone:
(518) 486-6366, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Albany, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington
Hudson Valley Regional Office
NYS Education Department Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
1 Park Place, 3rd Floor
Peekskill, NY 10566
Web:
Contacts:
Kathleen Millman, Chief of Special Education Services
(585) 344-2002
Dodie Davidson, Regional Supervisor
(518) 473-1185
Phone:
(914) 940-2900, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
Long Island Regional Office
NYS Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
Perry B. Duryea, Jr. State Office Building Room 2A-5 250 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Web:
Contacts:
Kathleen Millman, Chief of Special Education
(585) 344-2002
Eileen Taylor, Regional Supervisor
(631) 952-3352
Phone:
(631) 952-3352, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Nassau, Suffolk
New York City Regional Office
NYS Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
55 Hanson Place, Room 545
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1580
Web:
Contacts:
Belinda Johnson, NYC Regional Coordinator
(718) 722-4544
Nayna Bhattacharjee, Regional Supervisor
(718) 722-4544
Kathy Cummings, Regional Supervisor
(718) 722-4544
Laura Piascik, Regional Supervisor
(718) 722-4544
Phone:
(718) 722-4544, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
Nondistrict Unit
NYS Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
89 Washington Avenue, Room 309 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Web:
http://www.nysed.gov/special-education/special-education-quality-assurance-nondistrict-unit
Contacts:
Alan Mueller, Supervisor
(518) 473-1185
Phone:
(518) 473-1185, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
New York State
Western Regional Office
NYS Education Department P-12: Office of Special Education Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)
2A Richmond Avenue
Batavia, NY 14020
Web:
http://www.nysed.gov/special-education/special-education-quality-assurance-western-regional-office
Contacts:
Kathleen Millman, Chief of Special Education Services
(585) 344-2002
Marie proudman, Regional Supervisor
(585) 344-2002
Phone:
(585) 344-2002, Main Line
County(ies) Served:
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
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