ESEA State Initiatives
Title I, Part A: Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)
Dr. Max Lang
Coordinator
Phone: (801) 538-7725 | E-mail
Becky Peters
Executive Secretary
Phone: (801) 538-7712 | E-mail
Equitable Services/Ombudsman
Dr. Max Lang
Coordinator
Phone: (801) 538-7725 | E-mail
Val Murdock
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7975 | E-mail
Becky Peters
Executive Secretary
Phone: (801) 538-7712 | E-mail
Title I, Part A: Monitoring and Compliance
Val Murdock
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7975 | E-mail
Merilee Wendell
Compliance Manager
Phone: (801) 538-7977 | E-mail
Becky Peters
Executive Secretary
Phone: (801) 538-7712| E-mail
Title I, Part C: Migrant Education
Robert Palmer
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7629 | E-mail
Madeline Kjar
Office Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734 | E-mail
Title I, Part D: Neglected and Delinquent
David Sollami
Education Specialist YIC
Phone: (385) 224-6343 | E-mail
Title II, Part A: Teacher and Principal Training and Recruitment
Katie Jones
Education Specialist
New Teachers, Mentors, and Teacher Retention
Phone: 801-538-7923 | E-mail
Title III: English Learners, Immigrants and Refugees
Dr. Christelle Estrada
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7888 | E-mail
Madeline Kjar
Office Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734| E-mail
Title IV, Part A: Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE)
Jodi Parker
Title IV, Part A Grant Coordinator and Health and Physical Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734 | E-mail
Title V, Part B: Rural Low Income Schools
Merilee Wendell
Title IV, Part A Grant Coordinator and Health and Physical Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7977 | E-mail
Title IV, Part B: 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Savannah Hunt
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7825 | E-mail
Madeline Kjar
Office Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734| E-mail
Title VII, Part B: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education
Robert Palmer
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7629 | E-mail
Madeline Kjar
Office Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734 | E-mail
Related State Initiatives
Jeff Ojeda
Partnerships for Student Success (PFSS) Grant
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7945 | E-mail
Dr. Harold (Chuck) Foster
Senate Bill (S.B.) 14: American Indian and Alaskan Native State Plan Pilot Program
House Bill (H.B.) 43: American Indian and Alaskan Native Amendment Grant
Phone: (801) 538-7838 | E-mail
Madeline Kjar
Office Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7734 | E-mail
Center for Continuous School Improvement (CCSI)
Sara Wiebke
Director of the Center for Continuous School Improvement
Phone: (801) 538-7893 | E-mail
Dr. Gregory Firn
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7846 | E-mail
Krista Hotelling
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7932 | E-mail
Andrea Mortensen
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7974 | E-mail
Janiece Seegmiller
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7851 | E-mail
Megan Tippetts
School Improvement Data Analyst
Phone: (385) 295-7891 | E-mail
Susie Estrada
Family and Community Engagement Specialist
Phone: (385) 295-7891 | E-mail
Brittney Gold
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (801) 538-7937 | E-mail
Fiscal Monitoring and Support
Emily Berry
Partnerships for Student Success (PFSS) Grant
Program Evaluator
Phone: (801) 538-7948 | E-mail(
Merilee Wendell
Fiscal Support
Phone: (801) 538-7977 | E-mail
Clint Hoke
Fiscal Support
Phone: (801) 538-7805 | E-mail
Adam Little
Phone: (801) 538-7638 | E-mail
Utah Grants Application Help Desk
Phone: (801) 538-7604 | utahgrants@schools.utah.gov
COVID-19 Relief Funding
Armela Christiansen, MBA
CARES Administrative Assistant
Phone: (801) 538-7937 | E-mail