| | | Sec. 1. Task force; review. Resolved: That the Board of Education shall | | convene a task force to review the special education system and | | to develop a proposal that replaces it, beginning in 2010, with a | | new system that complies with requirements under federal law and | | under which every student receives an individual learning plan. | | The task force shall also review the need to provide special | | education services and ensure a free, appropriate public | | education to children under 9 years of age who are experiencing | | developmental delays. The department shall invite interested | | parties and stakeholders to serve as members of the task force; | | and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2006, the | | Board of Education shall submit its proposal, along with any | | necessary implementing legislation, for presentation to the Joint | | Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the | | Legislative Council. The department is authorized to introduce a | | bill related to its proposal to the Second Regular Session of the | | 122nd Legislature at the time of submission of its proposal. |
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| | | This resolve directs the Board of Education to convene a task | | force to review the special education system and to develop a | | proposal to phase it out and replace it with a new system under | | which every student, not just special education students, | | receives an individual learning plan and eligible children under | | 9 years of age who are experiencing developmental delays are | | ensured a free appropriate public education. The department | | shall invite interested parties and stakeholders to serve as | | members of the task force. |
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