Kudos to Judy Stahlman and Tachelle Banks on receiving a federal grant. Their grant ( CSU Highly Qualified Intervention Specialist Project ) was funded for $499,505 over a 5 year period. The purpose of this grant is to enhance the current special education program, for students K-12 with high-incidence disabilities, to assist pre-service teachers in meeting the State of Ohio criteria for highly qualified status at the elementary level and for two content areas at the secondary level. The enhanced program will be designed to include coursework and field experiences that provide competencies to (1) to improve teacher quality by preparing undergraduate and graduate first licensure students to obtain HQT in two content areas, (2) to enhance the use of evidence-based practices by CSU’s first licensure intervention specialists graduates and (3) to enhance the abilities of CSU special and general first licensure graduates to work collaboratively on behalf of all students.