CAPSES News and Updates

The State Board of Education is accepting applications for the Advisory Commission on Special Education. Applications and supporting documents must be received by 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 10, 2019.

Since December 2012, Susan Lane has served CAPSES as the Executive Director. This October, Susan is leaving CAPSES to pursue another position and to focus more time

CAPSES is pleased to announce the Board's 2019-20 & 2020 -21 officers. Ryan Eisenberg, Ed.D., has been elected to the leadership role of Board President. Ryan has served as the chair of the CAPSES Governmental Affairs committee, where he demonstrated exceptional leadership abilities.

Does your school issue Student ID Badges? If so, state requirements have changed effective July 1, 2019.

As the 2018-19 school year came to a close, many of Nonpublic schools and agencies received requests from their respective districts around "CALPADs" data and reporting on behaviors that "could have" resulted in suspension or expulsion. Previously, NPSAs were not required to work within CALPADs or asked to report such information. The State and some districts conducted training around what information was needed, and essentially NPSAs were asked to partner with districts and do our best to report information.