Kansas Statutes 72-3408. State advisory council for special education; composition; duties; expenses; meetings
(a) There is established a state advisory council for special education which shall consist of not more than 21 members. Members of the advisory council shall be appointed by the state board of education, and shall serve for a term of three years. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the membership of the advisory council for any reason other than the expiration of the term of a member, the state board shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(b) (1) The advisory council established under this section shall be representative of the state population and be comprised of persons involved in, or concerned with, the education of exceptional children, including: (A) Parents of exceptional children, ages birth through 26 years. At least one of such parents shall be the parent of a gifted child; (B) individuals with disabilities; (C) teachers; (D) representatives of institutions of higher education that prepare special education and related services personnel; (E) state and local education officials, including officials who carry out activities under the federal McKinney-Vento homeless education act, 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.; (F) administrators of programs for exceptional children; (G) representatives of other state agencies involved in the financing or delivery of related services to exceptional children; (H) representatives of private schools and public charter schools; (I) at least one representative of a vocational, community, or business organization concerned with the provision of transition services to children with disabilities; (J) representatives from the state juvenile and adult corrections agencies; and (K) a representative from the state agency responsible for foster care of children.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3408
- Board: means the board of education of any school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Children with disabilities: means children who:
(1) Have an intellectual disability, hearing loss including deafness, speech or language disorders, visual impairments including blindness, emotional disability, orthopedic impairments, autism, dyslexia, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities and who, by reason thereof, need special education and related services; and
(2) are experiencing one or more developmental delays and, by reason thereof, need special education and related services if such children are ages three through nine. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Department: means the state department of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Exceptional children: means persons who are children with disabilities or gifted children and are school age, to be determined in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the state board, whose age may differ from the ages of children required to attend school under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Parent: means :
(1) A natural parent;
(2) an adoptive parent;
(3) a person acting as parent;
(4) a legal guardian;
(5) an education advocate; or
(6) a foster parent, if the foster parent has been appointed the education advocate of an exceptional child. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Related services: means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services, including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the child's IEP, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only, as may be required to assist an exceptional child to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Special education: means specially designed instruction provided at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs of an exceptional child, including:
(1) Instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings; and
(2) instruction in physical education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State agency: means the Kansas department for children and families, the Kansas department for aging and disability services, the department of corrections and the juvenile justice authority. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
- State board: means the state board of education. See Kansas Statutes 72-3404
(2) A majority of the members of the advisory council shall be individuals with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26.
(c) The state advisory council for special education shall:
(1) Advise the state board of unmet needs within the state in the education of exceptional children;
(2) comment publicly on any rules and regulations proposed by the state board regarding the education of exceptional children;
(3) advise the state board in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the federal government;
(4) advise the state board in developing corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports; and
(5) advise the state board in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for exceptional children.
(d) Members of the state advisory council for special education attending meetings of such council, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof authorized by the state board, shall be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3223, and amendments thereto.
(e) The state board shall call the members of the advisory council to meet at least once each year, at which meeting the council shall organize by electing a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The person in the department specified to be the principal administrator of special education and related services shall be the secretary of the advisory council. The council shall meet upon the call of the chairperson or upon the call of the state board as often as may be necessary at times and places designated by the chairperson or by the state board in order to fulfill the duties prescribed under the provisions of this act.