SELPA
Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) coordinates special education programs and services to ensure that all students with disabilities receive appropriate and individualized educational services.
SELPA functions include developing and maintaining local plans for special education, allocating resources, and facilitating collaboration among school districts to meet the needs of students with disabilities, providing a comprehensive system of special education services across a specific geographic area.
SELPA Resources
Please see SELPA Council meetings and special education rights below.
SELPA Council Meetings
SELPA Council meeting dates are shown below. Click on a meeting to view related resources.
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Lodi Area Special Education Region (LASER)
The Lodi Area Special Education Region (LASER) is governed by a council of superintendents from each member school district or educational organization. In addition to Lodi USD, other local educational organizations served by LASER include:
Oak View Elementary School District
Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is a group of parents and educators whose primary role is to represent the needs and concerns of the parents, school staff, and community agencies relative to services for students with special needs.
The CAC helps community members to know their rights, influence legislation, learn about programs, advise SELPA, and more.
Be Involved in the CAC
CAC meetings offer information about options in special education instruction, special services available to your child, and pending legislation affecting education. Time is set aside to provide parents and community members an opportunity to ask questions of special education professionals and to share experiences with other parents. Plan to attend the meetings and become a CAC committee member!
Click on a meeting below to view meeting links and presentation resources.
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Empowering Parents: Navigating the Special Education System
Empowering Parents: Navigating the Special Education System is a 5 part series hosted by San Joaquin County Office of Education. Sessions will be 45 minutes in length and will include a short period of time for questions. All sessions are free and will be held virtually.
Family Empowerment Center Website
The California Department of Education (CDE), Special Education Division, in collaboration with Seeds of Partnership, has launched the Family Empowerment Center (FEC) website, designed to serve as a parent-friendly hub to expand outreach and enhance public access of FECs.
The FECs were established through Senate Bill 511 and enacted in California Education Code sections 56400−56414 in 2001. In 2021, the expansion of FECs was initiated to ensure that every region of the state offered access to a parent center, providing training and information to families of children and young adults with disabilities, ages 3 to 22. Services available through each FEC vary based on the needs of the region they serve.
To learn more about FECs, visit the FEC website.
California Family Empowerment Centers (californiafamilyempowermentcenters.org)
Contact Us
For more information on the content of this page, please contact SELPA at (209) 331-7061.