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| Sec. 5. 20-A MRSA §7727, sub-§5, ¶¶B and C, as renumbered by PL 2001, c. | | 471, Pt. C, §4 and affected by §10, are amended to read: |
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| | | B. That preschool children with disabilities, from age 3 to | | under age 6, including those children who reach 5 years of | | age between September 1st and October 15th who are already | | receiving free, appropriate public education services | | through the Child Development Services System and whose | | parents choose, in accordance with rules adopted by the | | commissioner, not to enroll those children in kindergarten | | until the start of the following school year, have free, | | appropriate public education services available to them at | | no cost to the family; |
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| | | C. That rules are developed, adopted and implemented | | describing minimum standards for the following: |
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| | | (1) Least restrictive environment; |
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| | | (3) Rights of parents, including, beginning in school | | year 2004-2005, the right to choose to not enroll in | | kindergarten until the start of the following school | | year a child with disabilities who is already receiving | | free, appropriate public education services through the | | Child Development Services System and who will reach 5 | | years of age between September 1st and October 15th; |
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| | (4) Free and, appropriate public education services; |
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| | | (5) Eligibility criteria; |
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| | | (6) The federal "childfind" program; |
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| | | (7) Program development, service descriptors and | | service delivery; |
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| | | (8) Early childhood team; |
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| | | (9) Individualized family service plan; |
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| | | (10) Statements of assurances; |
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| | | (11) Procedural safeguards and appeals processes; |
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| | | (12) Due process hearings; |
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