Local Task Force
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Mission
The Local Task force is a committee of parents, community members, and school staff who come together to collectively work toward improving the services for school-age children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
2023-2024 LTF Schedule and Brochure
LTF Meeting Documents
LTF Speaker Series Videos
3/21/2023
"Safety and Social Media"
Supplemental Videos:
There is Support - Coming Together to Recognize Abuse and Support People with Disabilities
Trailer: Financial Abuse - There is Support
LTF Contact Information
Chairperson: Melissa Skiffen
724-837-8159, ext. 112
Vice Chairperson: Natalie Smith
724-219-2321
State Task Force Website and Historical Background
State Task Force Website: https://www.pattan.net/Partners/State-Task-Force
On May 5, 1972, the Federal District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania made final the order, injunction, stipulation and consent agreement in the suit filed by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC), currently The Arc of Pennsylvania, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Secretary of the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare and all their instrumentalities on behalf of 13 Children with mental retardation who had been denied access to a free public program of education and training PARC v. Comm. of Pa. 343 F. Supp. 279 (1972). The agreement mandated the development of a Commonwealth Plan for the Identification, Location and Evaluation of Mentally Retarded Children (COMPILE), and Commonwealth Plan for the Education and Training of Mentally Retarded Children (COMPET) as well as the establishment of due process procedures. These documents were developed through the coordinated effort of the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare and Association for Retarded Children (PARC). They were reviewed for contents and approved. COMPILE provided for the establishment of a state task force and 29 local task forces (one in each intermediate unit) whose primary purpose is to insure that the intent and spirit of the Right to Education Consent Agreement is carried out throughout the commonwealth.