SECTION II: FULL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GOAL
A. The ROP has in effect policies and procedures to demonstrate that the MOE has established a goal of providing full educational opportunity to all children with disabilities age birth through 21 and a detailed timetable for accomplishing that goal. The MOE is responsible for all funded special education programs. The ROP presently offers a full range of programs and services to all eligible children with disabilities through cooperative interaction among the MOE, the Ministry of Health (MOH), the ROP Head Start Program and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), and in this manner, currently meets the full educational opportunity goal of the IDEA ‘04. As additional needs for personnel and facilities are identified, ROP MOE will provide the necessary personnel and/or facilities to meet the identified need.
The Republic of Palau ensures that the MOE takes steps to ensure that its children with disabilities have available to them the variety of educational programs and services available to nondisabled children in the area served by the agency, including art, music, industrial arts, consumer and homemaking education, and vocational education.
B. Interagency collaboration among Republic agencies ensures continued efforts to fulfill the full educational opportunities goal. The framework within which collaborative and cooperative efforts are being conducted and services provided is by function. The MOH is responsible primarily for health and health-related programs. MOE is responsible for all educational programs for students with disabilities including those who are incarcerated. The ROP Community Action Agency (PCAA) is responsible for Head Start, a variety of family counseling services, and other community programs. Interaction among agencies is required to ensure appropriate and coordinated services to meet the full needs of individuals with disabilities and their families.