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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) 538-7846E-mail

Krista Hotelling
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7932E-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