(a) The State Board of Education, in accordance with regulations adopted by said board, shall: (1) Provide the professional services necessary to identify, in accordance with section 10-76a, children requiring special education who are enrolled at a technical education and career school; (2) identify each such child; (3) determine the appropriateness of the technical education and career school for the educational needs of each such child; (4) provide an appropriate educational program for each such child; (5) maintain a record thereof; and (6) annually evaluate the progress and accomplishments of special education programs provided by the Technical Education and Career System.
(b) Where it is deemed appropriate that a child enrolled in a technical education and career school receive special education, the parents or guardian of such child shall have a right to the hearing and appeal process as provided for in section 10-76h.
(c) If a planning and placement team determines that a student requires special education services which preclude such student's participation in the vocational education program offered by a technical education and career school, the student shall be referred to the board of education in the town in which the student resides for the development of an individualized educational program and such board of education shall be responsible for the implementation and financing of such program.
(P.A. 78-259, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-281, S. 4, 6; P.A. 06-18, S. 5; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 54.)
History: P.A. 99-281 added Subsec. (c) re determination that special education services required by a student preclude participation in vocational-technical school program, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-18 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “suitable” with “appropriate” and making conforming changes, effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” and “regional vocational-technical school” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” and “technical high school”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high school with references to technical education and career school and amended Subsec. (a)(6) to replace “at state technical high schools” with “provided by the Technical Education and Career System”, effective July 1, 2017.
Cited. 179 C. 694; 228 C. 699; 229 C. 1.