The state board of education is authorized to do whatever it deems necessary in the area of special education to:
(1) Adopt plans for the establishment and maintenance of classes in public schools, homes, convalescent homes and hospitals, adopt teacher-pupil ratios for the classes, adopt methods of instruction for exceptional children and prescribe standards or qualifications for teachers and other personnel for whom certification has not been established by the state board of education;
(2) (A) Establish standards and policies for the minimum requirements for admission to, and discharge from, special schools and special classes and for providing special instruction to individual children;
(B) Study and prescribe modifications of curriculum as needed for adjustment to the needs of exceptional children in special schools, special classes and in special instruction for individual children; and
(C) Provide for the use of professional services for the purpose of determining the eligibility of exceptional children for admission to special schools, special classes, and individual instruction; provided, that the services are not available through other state or local agencies;
(3) Purchase or otherwise acquire, from funds provided for excess cost, as may be allocated by the general assembly for such purposes, special transportation, special equipment and special instructional materials and supplies for use in special education for exceptional children. The special equipment or instructional material that is not expendable may be provided on loan to local boards of education according to such terms as may be prescribed under the rules and regulations governing the use of the special equipment or instructional material as established by the state board of education;
(4) Provide out of appropriated funds an attendant or attendants in special schools or special classes, when, in the judgment of the commissioner of education, the physical condition of children in special schools or special classes makes it necessary for provision of the attendant or attendants;
(5) Assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining special classes for exceptional children in the areas of the crippled, defective speech and hearing, partially seeing and psychologically exceptional, and to assist two (2) or more local school system boards of education in establishing classes through cooperative contract in instances where there are not sufficient numbers of students in one local school system to warrant the establishment of such a class;
(6) Permit a local school system board of education to contract with a suitable private institution or organization located in the same county for the provision of approved facilities and services for exceptional children and to permit the expenditure of funds by the local school system board of education to constitute approved expenditures hereunder; provided, that the authority of the commissioner, the local director of schools and all public school officers shall be as full and ample in the private institution as in any school of the local school system; and provided, further, that the facilities and services of the private institution meet the minimum standards as prescribed by the state board of education;
(7) Cooperate with other state agencies, with private agencies and with state and private institutions that are concerned with the health, education and welfare of exceptional children as they relate to an effective integration of medical treatment, education and rehabilitation of exceptional children; and
(8) Adopt rules and regulations requesting local school system boards of education to provide vocational educational programs for exceptional children and to assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining vocational educational programs for exceptional children.
The state board of education is authorized to do whatever it deems necessary in the area of special education to:
(1) Adopt plans for the establishment and maintenance of classes in public schools, homes, convalescent homes and hospitals, adopt teacher-pupil ratios for the classes, adopt methods of instruction for exceptional children and prescribe standards or qualifications for teachers and other personnel for whom certification has not been established by the state board of education;
(2) (A) Establish standards and policies for the minimum requirements for admission to, and discharge from, special schools and special classes and for providing special instruction to individual children;
(B) Study and prescribe modifications of curriculum as needed for adjustment to the needs of exceptional children in special schools, special classes and in special instruction for individual children; and
(C) Provide for the use of professional services for the purpose of determining the eligibility of exceptional children for admission to special schools, special classes, and individual instruction; provided, that the services are not available through other state or local agencies;
(3) Purchase or otherwise acquire, from funds provided for excess cost, as may be allocated by the general assembly for such purposes, special transportation, special equipment and special instructional materials and supplies for use in special education for exceptional children. The special equipment or instructional material that is not expendable may be provided on loan to local boards of education according to such terms as may be prescribed under the rules and regulations governing the use of the special equipment or instructional material as established by the state board of education;
(4) Provide out of appropriated funds an attendant or attendants in special schools or special classes, when, in the judgment of the commissioner of education, the physical condition of children in special schools or special classes makes it necessary for provision of the attendant or attendants;
(5) Assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining special classes for exceptional children in the areas of the crippled, defective speech and hearing, partially seeing and psychologically exceptional, and to assist two (2) or more local school system boards of education in establishing classes through cooperative contract in instances where there are not sufficient numbers of students in one local school system to warrant the establishment of such a class;
(6) Permit a local school system board of education to contract with a suitable private institution or organization located in the same county for the provision of approved facilities and services for exceptional children and to permit the expenditure of funds by the local school system board of education to constitute approved expenditures hereunder; provided, that the authority of the commissioner, the local director of schools and all public school officers shall be as full and ample in the private institution as in any school of the local school system; and provided, further, that the facilities and services of the private institution meet the minimum standards as prescribed by the state board of education;
(7) Cooperate with other state agencies, with private agencies and with state and private institutions that are concerned with the health, education and welfare of exceptional children as they relate to an effective integration of medical treatment, education and rehabilitation of exceptional children; and
(8) Adopt rules and regulations requesting local school system boards of education to provide vocational educational programs for exceptional children and to assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining vocational educational programs for exceptional children.
The state board of education is authorized to do whatever it deems necessary in the area of special education to:
(1) Adopt plans for the establishment and maintenance of classes in public schools, homes, convalescent homes and hospitals, adopt teacher-pupil ratios for the classes, adopt methods of instruction for exceptional children and prescribe standards or qualifications for teachers and other personnel for whom certification has not been established by the state board of education;
(2) (A) Establish standards and policies for the minimum requirements for admission to, and discharge from, special schools and special classes and for providing special instruction to individual children;
(B) Study and prescribe modifications of curriculum as needed for adjustment to the needs of exceptional children in special schools, special classes and in special instruction for individual children; and
(C) Provide for the use of professional services for the purpose of determining the eligibility of exceptional children for admission to special schools, special classes, and individual instruction; provided, that the services are not available through other state or local agencies;
(3) Purchase or otherwise acquire, from funds provided for excess cost, as may be allocated by the general assembly for such purposes, special transportation, special equipment and special instructional materials and supplies for use in special education for exceptional children. The special equipment or instructional material that is not expendable may be provided on loan to local boards of education according to such terms as may be prescribed under the rules and regulations governing the use of the special equipment or instructional material as established by the state board of education;
(4) Provide out of appropriated funds an attendant or attendants in special schools or special classes, when, in the judgment of the commissioner of education, the physical condition of children in special schools or special classes makes it necessary for provision of the attendant or attendants;
(5) Assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining special classes for exceptional children in the areas of the crippled, defective speech and hearing, partially seeing and psychologically exceptional, and to assist two (2) or more local school system boards of education in establishing classes through cooperative contract in instances where there are not sufficient numbers of students in one local school system to warrant the establishment of such a class;
(6) Permit a local school system board of education to contract with a suitable private institution or organization located in the same county for the provision of approved facilities and services for exceptional children and to permit the expenditure of funds by the local school system board of education to constitute approved expenditures hereunder; provided, that the authority of the commissioner, the local director of schools and all public school officers shall be as full and ample in the private institution as in any school of the local school system; and provided, further, that the facilities and services of the private institution meet the minimum standards as prescribed by the state board of education;
(7) Cooperate with other state agencies, with private agencies and with state and private institutions that are concerned with the health, education and welfare of exceptional children as they relate to an effective integration of medical treatment, education and rehabilitation of exceptional children; and
(8) Adopt rules and regulations requesting local school system boards of education to provide vocational educational programs for exceptional children and to assist local school system boards of education in establishing and maintaining vocational educational programs for exceptional children.
