2008-2009
The function of the Special Education Advisory Panel is to collect comments from the public regarding the provision of services to students with disabilities and make recommendations to the State relative to unmet needs in the education of students with disabilities, comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the State regarding the education of children with disabilities, advise the State regarding the development of evaluations and the reporting of data to the United States Secretary of Education, advise the State in the development of corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports, and advise the State in the development and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.
Panel Membership 2008-2009
Ms. Sue Berry
Dept. of Human Resources, Program Supervisor
50 N. Ripley St.
Montgomery, AL 36130
Ms. Amy Blakeney
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Division of Early Intervention
602 South Lawrence Street.
Montgomery, AL 36104
Mr. Jerre Brimer
The Learning Tree, Inc.
P.O. Box 1306
Semmes, AL 36575
Ms. Nancy Bryan
Teacher
Chambers County Schools
Box 408D
LaFayette, AL 36862-0408
Ms. Jessica Bullock
Student
Montgomery, AL
Ms. Trisston Wright Burrows
Individual w/Disability
1442 Brock’s Trace
Hoover, AL 35244
Dr. Robin Bynum
Troy University, Dothan Campus
Post Office Box 8368
Dothan, AL 36304
Ms. Brittany Coston
Student
Thomasville, AL 36784
Ms. Cardelia Cunningham
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.
340 Westmoreland Avenue
Florence, AL 35630
Ms. Tyna Davis
Director Special Education Services
Alabama Education Association
5578 Highway 143
Elmore, AL 36025
Ms. Rosie Edwards
Director Special Education Services
J. F. Ingram State Technical College
5578 Highway 143
Elmore, AL 36025
Dr. Linda Felton-Smith
Superintendent,
Troy City Schools
Post Office Box 529
Troy, AL 36081-0529
Ms. Teresa Goodson
Alabama Parent Education Center
Director Network for Children with Disabilities
Post Office Box 118
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Ms. Karen John
Alabama Dept. Of Youth Services
1000 Industrial School Road
Mt. Meigs, AL 3609257
Dr. Saima Kanwal
Parent
602 Raven Wood Drive, Apt. 1
Selma, AL 36701
Dr. Sheila Martin
Special Education Coordinator
Mobile County Public Schools
Post Office Box 180069
Mobile, AL 36618
Ms. Sheryl R. Matney
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
225 S. Franklin Drive
Troy, AL 36081
Ms. Sandy Mountz
Parent
2800 Vestavia Forest Place
Birmingham, AL 35216
Ms. Susan B. Owens
Parent/Teacher
7634 County Road 7
Newville, AL 36353
Ms. Valerie Patterson
Parent
103 Thomas Woods Court
Huntsville, AL 35806
Ms. Osie Pickens
Special Education Coordinator
Hale County School Systems
1115 Powers Street
Greensboro, AL 36744
Ms. Jackie Potts
Teacher
Sylacauga City Schools
400 Pineview Road
Sylacauga, AL 35150
Mr. Scott Renner
Montgomery Center for Independent Living
600 South Court Street
Montgomery, AL 36116
Ms. Velma Rowden
Clarke County Schools
Post Office Box 936
Grove Hill, AL 36451
Ms. Benita Surles
Parent
1357 Biscayne Dr.
Montgomery, AL 36116
Ms. Genell Townsend
Special Education Coordinator
Elmore County Public Schools
Post Office Box 817
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Dr. Debbie Voltz
University of Alabama Birmingham
1530 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-1250
Panel Membership 2008-2009