Section 33595 Of Article 6. Advisory Commission On Special Education From California Education Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 20. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 6.
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. (a) The commission shall study and provide assistance and
advice to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the Legislature, and the Governor in new or continuing
areas of research, program development, and evaluation in special
education. The commission shall also do the following:
(1) Comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the
state regarding the education of individuals with exceptional needs,
as defined in Section 56026.
(2) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction in developing
evaluations and reporting on data to the Secretary of Education in
the United States Department of Education under Section 1418 of Title
20 of the United States Code.
(3) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction in developing
corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal
monitoring reports under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(4) Advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State
Board of Education in developing and implementing policies relating
to the coordination of services for individuals with exceptional
needs.
(b) The commission shall report to the State Board of Education,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and the
Governor not less than once a year on the following with respect to
special education:
(1) Activities enumerated in Section 56100 that are necessary to
be undertaken regarding special education for individuals with
exceptional needs.
(2) The priorities and procedures utilized in the distribution of
federal and state funds.
(3) The unmet educational needs of individuals with exceptional
needs within the state.
(4) Recommendations relating to providing better education
services to individuals with exceptional needs, including, but not
limited to, the development, review, and revision, of the definition
of "appropriate" as that term is used in the phrase "free and
appropriate public education" for the purposes of the federal
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et
seq.).
(c) Commission recommendations or requests shall be transmitted by
letter from the commission chairperson to the president of the State
Board of Education. Each communication shall be placed on the agenda
of the next forthcoming state board meeting in accordance with the
announced annual state board agenda cutoff dates. Following the state
board meeting, the commission shall be notified by the state board
as to what action has been taken on each request. Commission requests
shall also be transmitted by letter from the commission chairperson
to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Governor, and to
appropriate Members of the Legislature.