Vermont Families who have children who are recieving or did recieve early intervention...there is a proposed rule change that could impact future services for children (highlighted in red)...please read and respond via email to the appropriate parties so your voices can be heard.
Proposed Special Education Rule Changes: Parent Comments Needed! Deadline is January 8, 2013The Vermont Department of Education (VTDOE) is currently collecting comments on proposed changes to the Vermont special education rules for children birth to 21 years old. Parent feedback is critical in this process. We would like to highlight two significant proposed changes.
The first change will affect students ages 6-21. The current rule states that a school shall complete an initial evaluation for special education within 60 calendar days. The proposed change states that schools shall complete an initial evaluation within 45 school days. This change would particularly impact students referred for evaluations late in the year (close to summer break) and during the holidays. School vacations, weekends, and summer break would no longer be included in the count of days used to complete evaluations; only official school days would be counted in the 45 days.
The other proposed change includes a new requirement stating that children transitioning out of Early Intervention at age 3 meet a 25% delay to qualify for special education services. Currently children who have received Early Intervention services automatically qualify for special education services when they transition out of Early Intervention at age three. This is a significant change.
The Vermont Department of Education will be collecting comments on these and other important proposed changes until January 8, 2013. To submit a written comment you can email sharon.welch@state.vt.us. For more information on the proposed changes, click here. There will also be two forums held to collect public comments on the proposed changes: Wednesday, 12/12/12 Public Hearing: South Burlington High School Time: 6-7 pm Thursday, 12/13/12 Public Hearing: Rutland City SU Time: 6-7 pm.
Proposed Special Education Rule Changes: Parent Comments Needed! Deadline is January 8, 2013The Vermont Department of Education (VTDOE) is currently collecting comments on proposed changes to the Vermont special education rules for children birth to 21 years old. Parent feedback is critical in this process. We would like to highlight two significant proposed changes.
The first change will affect students ages 6-21. The current rule states that a school shall complete an initial evaluation for special education within 60 calendar days. The proposed change states that schools shall complete an initial evaluation within 45 school days. This change would particularly impact students referred for evaluations late in the year (close to summer break) and during the holidays. School vacations, weekends, and summer break would no longer be included in the count of days used to complete evaluations; only official school days would be counted in the 45 days.
The other proposed change includes a new requirement stating that children transitioning out of Early Intervention at age 3 meet a 25% delay to qualify for special education services. Currently children who have received Early Intervention services automatically qualify for special education services when they transition out of Early Intervention at age three. This is a significant change.
The Vermont Department of Education will be collecting comments on these and other important proposed changes until January 8, 2013. To submit a written comment you can email sharon.welch@state.vt.us. For more information on the proposed changes, click here. There will also be two forums held to collect public comments on the proposed changes: Wednesday, 12/12/12 Public Hearing: South Burlington High School Time: 6-7 pm Thursday, 12/13/12 Public Hearing: Rutland City SU Time: 6-7 pm.
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