MISSOURI
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Melodie Friedebach, Coordinator
Division of Special Education
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-2965
mfriedeb@mail.dese.state.mo.us
www.dese.state.mo.us/divspeced/
MONTANA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Runkel, Director
Special Education Division
Office of Public Instruction
PO Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620 -2501
(406) 444-4429
brunkel@opi.state.mt.us
NEBRASKA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Gary M. Sherman, Director
Special Populations, Department of Education
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
(402) 471-2471 (V/TTY);
gsherman@edneb.org
www.edneb.org/SPED/sped.html
NEVADA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Gloria Dopf, Director
Educational Equity, Department of Education
700 E. Fifth Street, Suite 113
Carson City, NV 89701-5096
(775) 687-9171
NEW HAMPSHIRE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Wells, Education Consultant
New Hampshire Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3860
(603) 271-1536
rwells@ed.state.nh.us
NEW JERSEY
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Barbara Gantwerk, Director
Office of Special Education Programs, Dept. of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, P. O. Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
(609) 633-6833
bgantwer@doe.state.nj.us
NEW MEXICO
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Pasternack, Ph.D., State Director
Special Education, Department of Education - Education Building
300 Don Gaspar Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786
(505) 827-6541
bpasternack@sde.state.nm.us
www.sde.state.nm.us
NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Lawrence Gloeckler, Deputy Commissioner
Office of Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1606
Albany, NY 12234
(518) 474-2714
www.nysed.gov
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
E. Lowell Harris, Director
Exceptional Children Division
Department of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington St, Education Bldg., #670
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
(919) 715-1565
lharris@dpi.state.nc.us
NORTH DAKOTA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Rutten, Director
Special Education, Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 201
Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
(701) 328-2277; (701) 328-4920 (TTY)
brutten@mail.dpi.state.nd.us
www.dpi.state.nd.us/dpi/speced/index.htm
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Suzanne Lisama, Acting Coordinator
Special Education, Public School System
P.O. Box 1370 CK
Saipan, MP 96950
011 (670) 664-3730
011 (670) 664-3796 (fax)
OHIO
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
John Herner, Director
Division of Special Education, Ohio Department of Education
933 High Street
Worthington, OH 43085-4017
(614) 466-2650
se_herner@ode.ohio.gov
www.ode.ohio.gov/www/se/se.html
OKLAHOMA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Darla Griffin, Executive Director
Special Education Services, Department of Education
2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-3351
darla_griffin@mail.sde.state.ok.us
OREGON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Steven B. Johnson, Associate Superintendent
Office of Special Education
Department of Education
255 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3598, ext. 639; (503) 378-2892 (TTY)
steve.johnson@state.or.us
www.ode.state.or.us/sped/index.htm
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. William Penn, Director
Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education
333 Market Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
(717) 783-6913
Special Education Consultline: (800) 879-2301 (V/TTY)
www.cas.psu.edu/pde.html
PUERTO RICO
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Mrs. Marķa Teresa Morales
Assistant Secretary of Special Education
Department of Education
P.O. Box 190759
San Juan, PR 00919-0759
(787) 759-7228; (787) 753-0015 (fax)
RHODE ISLAND
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert M. Pryhoda, Director
Office of Special Needs
Department of Education, Shepard Building
255 Westminster Street, Room 400
Providence, RI 02903-3400
(401) 222-4600, ext. 2301
ride0032@ride.ri.net
SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Ora Spann, Director
State Department of Education
Office of Exceptional Children
1429 Senate Street, Room 808
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-8806
ospann@sde.state.sc.us
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Deborah Barnett, Director
Office of Special Education
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 5750l-2291
(605) 773-3678; (605) 773-6302 (TTY)
deb.barnett@deca.state.sd.us
www.state.sd.us/deca/special/special.htm
TENNESSEE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Joseph Fisher, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2851
jfisher@mail.state.tn.us
www.state.tn.us/education/msped.htm
UTAH
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Mae Taylor, Director
At Risk and Special Education Services
State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3204
(801) 538-7706
mtaylor@usoe.k12.ut.us
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/sars
VERMONT
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dennis Kane, Director
Family & Educational Support Team
120 State Street, State Office Building
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
(802) 828-2755
www.state.vt.us/educ/sped.htm
VIRGIN ISLANDS
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Belinda West-O'Neal, Director
Special Education/Department of Education
44-46 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas, VI 00802
(340) 774-4399
VIRGINIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
H. Douglas Cox, Director
Office of Special Education and Student Services
Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
(804) 225-2402
dougcox@mail.vak12ed.edu
www.pen.k12.va.us/
WASHINGTON
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Douglas Gill, Director
Special Education Section
Superintendent of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
(360) 753-6733; (360) 586-0126 (TTY)
speced@ospi.wednet.edu
www.k12.wa.us
WEST VIRGINIA
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Dee Bodkins, Director
Office of Special Education
Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Bldg. 6, Room B-304
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
(304) 558-2696
dbodkins@access.k12.wv.us
WISCONSIN
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Juanita S. Pawlisch, Assistant State Superintendent
Stephanie Petska, Director of Special Education
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
125 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608) 266-1649; (800) 441-4563
juanita.pawlisch@dpi.state.wi.us
www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een
WYOMING
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Rebecca Walk, Director
Department of Education, Special Programs Unit
Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7417
rwalk@educ.state.wy.us
