Committees on Special Education

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Committees on Preschool Special Education

The Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) is responsible for coordinating the special education process for preschool children ages three to five.

CPSEs work with families in the district where a family lives, regardless of where children receive services or go to preschool. To find your home district, search your address in Find a School.

There are 10 CPSEs in different areas of the city. Each CPSE is part of a larger Committee on Special Education (CSE) office. A chairperson oversees the office, including the CPSE in it.

Committees on Special Education

Committees on Special Education (CSEs) coordinate and carry out the special education process for students who are not enrolled in DOE schools. This includes:

  • Students attending a private, parochial, charter, State Supported or State Approved Non-Public school     
  • Students attending non-public schools outside New York City and New York State
  • Students who receive home or hospital instruction as their placement on their IEP (this does not include students on temporary home instruction, as these students are expected to return to their prior school)
  • Students who are being home-schooled
  • Students who are non-attending

There are 10 CSEs. If your child is enrolled in school, your CSE is the one in the same geographical district as that school. To find that district, look up your school’s address in Find a School.

Locations

CPSE/CSE 1

  • For Districts: 7, 9, 10
  • 1 Fordham Plaza; floor 7; Bronx, NY 10458
  • Phone: 718-329-8001
  • Fax: 718-741-7928/7929
  • Chairperson: Steven Birkeland

CPSE/CSE 2

  • For Districts: 8,11,12
  • 3450 East Tremont Ave., floor 2; Bronx, NY 10465
  • Phone: 718-794-7420 Español: (718) 794-7490
  • Fax: 718-794-7445
  • Chairperson: Tricia DeVito

CSE/CPSE 3

  • For Districts: 25,26
  • 30-48 Linden Place, Flushing, NY 11354
  • Phone: 718-281-3461
  • Fax: 718-281-3478
  • Chairperson: Esther Morell

CPSE/CSE 3

  • For Districts: 28,29
  • 90-27 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435
  • Phone: 718-557-2553
  • Fax: 718-557-2620/2510
  • Chairperson: Esther Morell

CPSE/CSE 4

  • For Districts: 24, 30
  • 28-11 Queens Plaza N., floor 5; Long Island City, NY 11101
  • Phone: 718-391-8405
  • Fax: 718-391-8552
  • Chairperson: Chris Cinicola

CPSE/CSE 4

  • For District: 27
  • Satellite Office 82-01 Rockaway Blvd. floor2, Ozone Park, NY 11416
  • Phone: 718-642-5715
  • Fax: 718-642-5891
  • Chairperson: Chris Cinicola

CPSE/CSE 5

  • For Districts: 19, 23, 32
  • 1665 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
  • Phone: 718-240-3557 or 718-240-3558
  • Fax: 718-240-3555
  • Chairperson: Geraldine Beauvil

CPSE/CSE 6

  • For Districts: 17, 18, 22
  • 5619 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234
  • Phone: 718-968-6200
  • Fax: 718-968-6253
  • Chairperson: Arlene Rosenstock

CPSE/CSE 7

  • For Districts: 20, 21
  • 415 89 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209
  • Phone: 718-759-4900
  • Fax: 718-759-4970
  • Chairperson: Amine Haddad

CPSE/CSE 7

  • For District: 31
  • 715 Ocean Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY 10301
  • Phone: 718-420-5790
  • Fax: 718-420-5787
  • Chairperson: Amine Haddad

CPSE/CSE 8

  • For Districts: 13, 14, 15, 16
  • 131 Livingston Street, 4th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
  • Phone: 718-935-4900
  • Fax: 718-935-5167
  • Chairperson: Caroline Danner

CPSE/CSE 9

  • For Districts: 1, 2, 4
  • 333 Seventh Avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY 10001
  • Phone: 917-339-1600
  • Fax: 917-339-1450
  • Chairperson: Jennifer Lozano

CPSE/CSE 10

  • For Districts: 3, 5, 6
  • 388 West 125 Street, New York, NY 10027
  • Phone: 212-342-8300
  • Fax: 212-342-8427
  • Chairperson: Fabiana Czemerinski

Charter Schools

  • All Districts
  • One Fordham Plaza, floor 7; Bronx, NY 10458
  • Phone: 718-329-8001
  • Fax: 718-741-7928/7929
  • Chairperson: Mariama Sandi