State Special Education Departments

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Alabama

Alabama State Department of Education Program for Exceptional
Children and Youth 
1020 Monticello Court 
Montgomery, AL  36117 
Telephone: (205) 261-5099 


Alaska

Department of Education 
Office of Special Education
Pouch F
Juneau, AK  99811 
Telephone: (907) 465-2970 

America Samoa

Department of Education
Special Education
Pago Pago, AS  96799
Telephone: 011 (684) 633-4789


Arizona

Division of Special Education 
Arizona Department of Education 
1535 W. Jefferson 
Phoenix, AZ  85007 
Telephone: (602) 255-3183 


Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Education 
Special Education 
Education Building, Room 105-C 
54 Capitol Mall 
Little Rock, AR  72201-1021 
Telephone: (501) 682-4221 


California

California Department of Education 
Special Education Division 
721 Capitol Mall 
P.O. Box 944272 
Sacramento, CA  95814 
Telephone: (916) 322-6646 and (916) 323-4768 


Colorado

Colorado Department of Education  
Special Education Services Unit (CIMC/VH) 
201 E. Colfax Avenue 
Denver, CO  80203 
Telephone: (303) 866-6694 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Department of Education 
Special Education Programs
Mariana Lower Base
Saipan, MP  96950
Telephone: 10288-011 (607) 322-9956 


Connecticut

Board of Education and Services for the Blind
Department of Human Resources
170 Ridge Road 
Wethersfield, CT  06109 
Telephone: (203) 566-5800 


Delaware

Department of Public Instruction
Exceptional Children and Special Programs Division
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE  19903 
Telephone: (302) 736-5471 


District of Columbia

Department of Education
Division of Special Education 
Webster Administration Building 
10th & H Streets, NW 
Washington, DC  20001 
Telephone: (202) 724-4018 


Florida

Florida Department of Education 
Bureau of Education for 
Exceptional Students 
Knott Building 
Tallahassee, FL  32399 
Telephone: (904) 488-1570 


Georgia

Georgia Department of Education
Program for Exceptional Children
Twin Towers East, Suite 1970
Atlanta, GA  30334 
Telephone: (404) 656-2425


Guam

Department of Education
Special Education
P.O. Box DE
Agana, GU  96910
Telephone: (671) 472-8703


Hawaii

State Department of Education 
Special Needs Branch 
3430 Leahi Avenue
Honolulu, HI  96815 
Telephone: (808) 737-3720 


Idaho

State Department of Education 
Special Education Section
650 West State Street 
Boise, ID  83720 
Telephone: (208) 334-3940 


Illinois

Illinois State Board of Education 
Specialized Educational Services 
100 N. First Street 
Springfield, IL  62777 
Telephone: (217) 782-6601 


Indiana

Indiana Division of Special Education 
229 State House
Indianapolis, IN  46204 
Telephone: (317) 269-9462 


Iowa

Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Special Education Division 
Grimes State Office Building 
Des Moines, IA  50319-0146 
Telephone: (515) 281-3176 


Kansas

Kansas Department of Education 
120 East Tenth Street 
Topeka, KS  66612 
Telephone: (913) 296-4947 


Kentucky

Department of Education 
Office of Education for Exceptional Children
Capitol Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
Frankfort, KY  40601 
Telephone: (502) 564-4970


Louisiana

Louisiana State Department of Education 
P.O. Box 94064 
Baton Rouge, LA  70804 
Telephone: (504) 342-3633 


Maine

State Department of Educational and Cultural Services
Division of Special Education State House, Station 23 
Augusta, ME  04333 
Telephone: (207) 289-5953 


Maryland

State Department of Education 
Division of Special Education
200 W. Baltimore Street 
Baltimore, MD  21201 
Telephone: (301) 659-2489


Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Department of Education 
1385 Hancock Street
Quincy, MA  02169 
Telephone: (617) 770-7468 


Michigan

Michigan Department of Education 
Special Education Services 
P.O. Box 30008 
Lansing, MI  48909 
Telephone: (517) 373-9433 


Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Education 
Capitol Square Building, Room 813 
550 Cedar Street 
St. Paul, MN  55101 
Telephone: (612) 296-1793 


Mississippi

Bureau of Special Services 
State Department of Education 
P.O. Box 771 
Jackson, MS  39205-0771 
Telephone: (601) 359-3498 


Missouri

Division of Special Education
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO  65102 
Telephone: (314) 751-2965 


Montana

Office of Public Instruction 
Educational Services 
State Capitol 
Helena, MT  59620 
Telephone: (406) 444-4429 


Nebraska

Special Education Branch
Department of Education
Box 94987
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE  68509 
Telephone: (402) 471-2471 


Nevada

Special Education Branch
Nevada Department of Education 
Division of Special Education
400 W. King Street/Capitol Complex 
Carson City, NV  89710 
Telephone: (702) 885-3140 


New Hampshire

New Hampshire Department of Education 
Division of Education
101 Pleasant Street 
Concord, NH  03301 
Telephone: (603) 271-3741 


New Jersey

State Department of Education
Division of Special Education 
225 W. State Street 
Trenton, NJ  08625 
Telephone: (609) 292-0147 


New Mexico

Special Education Unit
State Department of Education
Educational Building
Santa Fe, NM  87501-2786 
Telephone: (505) 827-6541 


New York

New York State Department of Education
Office for Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions 
Educational Building Annex 
Room 1066 
Albany, NY  12234 
Telephone: (518) 474-5548 


North Carolina

Division for Exceptional Children 
State Department of Public Instruction
116 W. Edenton Street 
Raleigh, NC  27603-1712 
Telephone: (919) 733-3921 


North Dakota

North Dakota Department of Public Instruction 
State Capitol 
Bismarck, ND  58505 
Telephone: (701) 224-2277 


Ohio

Ohio Division of Special Education 
933 High Street 
Worthington, OH  43085-4087 
Telephone: (614) 466-2650 


Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Department of Education 
Special Education Section 
2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard 
Oklahoma City, OK  73105-4599 
Telephone: (405) 521-3352 


Oregon

Oregon Department of Education 
Special Education and Student Services
700 Pringle Parkway, SE 
Salem, OR  97310 
Telephone: (503) 378-3591 


Pennsylvania

Bureau of Special Education 
Department of Education 
333 Market Street, 7th Floor 
P.O. Box 911
Harrisburg, PA  17126-0333 
Telephone: (717) 783-6913 


Puerto Rico

Department of Education
G.P.O. Box 759
Hato Rey, PR  00919
Telephone: (809) 764-8059


Rhode Island

Rhode Island Department of Education 
Roger Williams Building Room 102 
22 Hayes Street 
Providence, RI  02908 
Telephone: (401) 277-3505 


South Carolina

South Carolina Department of Education 
Office of Programs for the Handicapped
100 Executive Center Drive
Santee Building - A-24
Columbia, SC  29210 
Telephone: (803) 737-8710 


South Dakota

Section for Special Education 
700 N. Illinois  
Pierre, SD  57501 
Telephone: (605) 773-4689 


Tennessee

Division of Special Programs 
Tennessee Department of Education 
132 Cordell Hull Building 
Nashville, TN  37219 
Telephone: (615) 741-2851 


Texas

Texas Education Agency 
Department of Special Education
1701 N. Congress Avenue 
Austin, TX  78701-1494 
Telephone: (512) 463-9277 


Utah

Utah State Office of Education 
Special Education Department 
250 East 500 South 
Salt Lake City, UT  84111 
Telephone: (801) 538-7700 


Vermont

Vermont Division of Special and Compensatory Education 
State Office Building 
120 State Street 
Montpelier, VT  05602 
Telephone: (802) 828-3141 


Virgin Islands

Department of Education
Division of Special Education
P.O. Box 6640
St. Thomas, VI  00801
Telephone: (809) 774-5802


Virginia

Department of Education 
Office of Special and Compensatory Education
P.O. Box 6Q 
Richmond, VA  23216-2060 
Telephone: (804) 225-2402 


Washington

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Old Capitol Building, FG-11
Olympia, WA  98504 
Telephone: (206) 753-6733 
 

West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Education 
Office of Special Education
Capitol Complex Building 6, 
Room B-304 
Charleston, WV  25305 
Telephone: (304) 348-2696 


Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction 
125 S. Webster Street, 
P.O. Box 7841 
Madison, WI  53707 
Telephone: (608) 266-1649  


Wyoming

Wyoming Department of Education Special Programs Unit
144 Hathaway Building 
Cheyenne, WY  82002 
Telephone: (307) 777-7417
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