Parent and Community Resources

The Riverside County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) is the largest multi-district SELPA in California, with 25 member local educational agencies (LEAs).  The SELPA is responsible for providing guidance and support to its member LEAs in the implementation of the legal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), and its supporting regulations for Special Education.  The SELPA is the regionalized services link between the California Department of Education (CDE) Special Education Division and the LEAs.  Members work collaboratively together and with other public agencies to make available a full continuum of special education services for students with disabilities from birth to age 22. For more information regarding how RC SELPA supports the community, please visit their website.

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is made up of parents and other individuals with a personal or professional interest in ensuring that students with disabilities have access to appropriate services.  The CAC membership represents the geographic, ethnic, and socioeconomic makeup of the community it serves, including representatives from each of the Riverside County SELPA member LEAs. The mission of our CAC is to create a network of parents, students, educators, and community members to promote equity and access for ALL children.  Our goal is to serve as a link between home, school, and community and to empower parents and caregivers to actively participate and become effective partners in the education of their child(ren). For more information please visit the CAC website.

The California Department of Education (CDE) oversees the state's diverse public school system, which is responsible for the education of more than six million children and young adults in more than 10,000 schools with 300,000 teachers. We are in charge of enforcing education law and regulations and continuing to reform and improve public school programs. For more information and resources, please visit the CDE website.