Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7405-E – Placement; Mackworth Island preschool and site-based programs
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Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, the following provisions apply to student placement. [PL 2021, c. 646, §9 (NEW).]
1. Placement. The State’s intermediate educational unit or the school administrative unit in which a deaf or hard-of-hearing student resides is responsible for providing a free, appropriate public education pursuant to chapter 301 for a student placed in the Mackworth Island preschool program or a site-based program and for providing statewide education and family services. An individualized education program or 504 plan team for a school administrative unit or Child Development Services System regional site under section 7209 in which a deaf or hard-of-hearing student resides is responsible for the placement decision for that student. When the Mackworth Island preschool or a site-based program is being considered as a placement for a student, the school administrative unit or Child Development Services System regional site administrator shall invite the center‘s administrator, or the administrator’s designee, and the host school‘s special education director, or the director’s designee, to attend the individualized education program or 504 plan team meeting at which the placement is being considered. In collaboration with the student’s individualized education program or 504 plan team, the administrator and the host school’s director are responsible for determining if the child’s needs can be served within the existing deaf education site-based program in accordance with the enrollment criteria established through the memorandum of understanding between the center and the host school.
[PL 2021, c. 646, §9 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 646, §9 (NEW).
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7405-E
- Center: means the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf established under section 7401 that is responsible for operating the Mackworth Island preschool, early intervention services and statewide education and family services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Child Development Services System: means the state intermediate educational unit under section 7209, subsection 3, and any regional sites it chooses to establish and maintain, to ensure the provision of child find activities, early intervention services and free, appropriate public education services to eligible children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7001
- Host school: means the school administrative unit at which a site-based program is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Intermediate educational unit: means an entity that meets the definition of intermediate educational unit in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 United States Code § 1402, (23) as in effect prior to June 4, 1997 and that is a public authority, other than a local educational agency, under the general supervision of the department, that is established for the purpose of providing free public education on a regional basis and that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7001
- Mackworth Island preschool: means the preschool program located at Mackworth Island and operated by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- School administrative unit: means the state-approved unit of school administration and includes a municipal school unit, school administrative district, community school district, regional school unit or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation responsible for operating or constructing public schools, except that it does not include a career and technical education region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1
- Site-based program: means an inclusive deaf education classroom or classrooms embedded in a general education setting, operating through a memorandum of understanding between the center and a host school. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402
- Special education: means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities, as defined by the commissioner, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7001Statewide education and family services: means educational outreach services, resources and information that are provided by staff employed through the center to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, from 3 through 22 years of age, their families and schools throughout the State, including students at site-based programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 7402 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72