Request for Information

New York City Preschool Interim Alternative Bilingual Placement (IABP) Training Program February 2020

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RFI Documents RFI Document (PDF) Questions and Answers – Posted 3/6/20

Efforts to increase the number of 4410 bilingual preschool programs in New York City (NYC) continue to be impacted by a shortage of bilingual special education teachers available for employment. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is seeking information to inform the development of a staff training program that helps address the needs of preschool students with disabilities who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD).

This training program would provide professional development for approved 4410 preschool programs in NYC. Completion of this program and other requirements would allow approved preschools to offer interim alternative bilingual placements (IABPs) to preschool students with disabilities when no bilingual program is available.

Responders to this RFI should include, but are not limited to 4410 preschools, local education agencies (LEAs), other interested state or federal entities, not-for-profit or for-profit organizations, creators, publishers or vendors of educational training programs, professional organizations, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and educational researchers or other experts in professional development and/or the needs of preschool students with disabilities who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD).

Questions and Answers – Posted 3/6/20

Questions may be submitted through nycpreschooliabp@nysed.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. on 3/3/2020.

A Question and Answer Summary will be posted here no later than 3/6/2020.

Responses Due by COB on 3/13/2020.

Respondents are advised that any proprietary material considered confidential by the respondent must be specifically so identified, and the basis for such confidentiality must be specifically set forth in the response by submitting the form “Request for Exemption from Disclosure Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law,” located below.

NYS Education Department The Office of Special Education 89 Washington Avenue, Room EB 309 Albany, NY 12234 Email: nycpreschooliabp@nysed.gov

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RFI Documents

RFI Document (PDF) Questions and Answers – Posted 3/6/20