In 2022, California Assembly Bill 185 allocated $10 million through the Educator Workforce Investment Grant (EWIG) program to support professional learning focused on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and improving inclusive practices for all students, including those with disabilities. This investment builds on the 2019 EWIG I Grant and expands efforts to strengthen inclusive education in general education settings. The California Department of Education (CDE) in collaboration with the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) selected the Placer County Office of Education (PCOE) as the Special Education-EWIG grantee to continue to lead statewide efforts to deepen educators’ understanding and application of UDL at both classroom and systems levels.
This report was developed by CAST for the CCIL project led by Placer County Office of Education funded through the California Special Education Educator Workforce Investment Grant program and supported by the California Department of Education and the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. Other partners include:
Capital Central Foothill Area Consortium (CCFAC; Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Sutter, Sierra-Plumas, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba County Offices of Education)
Fresno County Office of Education
Imperial County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)
Inyo County Office of Education
Los Angeles County Office of Education
San Diego County Office of Education’s Multilingual and Global Achievement Division
San Joaquin County Office of Education
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Sonoma County Office of Education
Lassen County Office of Education
Valley to Coast Collaborative (VALCO; Kern, Los Angeles, Fresno, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura County Offices of Education)
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