SPDG-State Personnel Development Grant-Continuation

There is a persistent need for special education, early intervention, and related services personnel who have been trained at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels to fill faculty, research, and direct service positions. There also is a need for personnel who have been trained at the graduate level (i.e., masters, education specialist, and doctoral degrees) to fill special education and early intervention administrator positions.

Federal support is helping to increase the supply of these personnel and ensure that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to assume special education, early intervention, and related services leadership positions in universities, State educational agencies (SEAs), State lead agencies (State LAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), local lead agencies (local LAs), schools, or programs.

The purpose of the Preparation of Leadership Personnel priority is to increase the quantity of special education, early intervention, and related services personnel who have been trained at the graduate and advanced graduate levels, and who are well-qualified for, and can effectively carry out leadership positions in universities, SEAs, State LAs, LEAs, local LAs, schools, or programs.