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6-41-211. Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
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6-41-211. Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
(a)(1) There shall be an Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities, which shall advise and consult with the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Director of the Special Education Unit and which shall engage in such other activities as are set forth in this section.
(2) The council shall be advisory only and shall have no administrative responsibility or authority.
(b)(1) The council shall be composed of individuals involved in, or concerned with, the education of children with disabilities, including:
(A) Parents of persons from birth to twenty-six (26) years of age with disabilities;
(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 subtitle B of Title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.;
(F) Administrators of programs for children with disabilities;
(G) Representatives of other state agencies involved in the financing or delivery of related services to children with disabilities;
(H) Representatives of private schools and public charter schools;
(I) Not fewer than one (1) representative of a vocational, community, or business organization concerned with the provision of transitional services to children with disabilities;
(J) Representatives from the state juvenile and adult corrections agencies; and
(K) A representative from the Arkansas child welfare agency responsible for foster care.
(2) A majority of the members of the panel shall be individuals with disabilities or pa
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6-41-211. Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
(a)(1) There shall be an Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities, which shall advise and consult with the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Director of the Special Education Unit and which shall engage in such other activities as are set forth in this section.
(2) The council shall be advisory only and shall have no administrative responsibility or authority.
(b)(1) The council shall be composed of individuals involved in, or concerned with, the education of children with disabilities, including:
(A) Parents of persons from birth to twenty-six (26) years of age with disabilities;
(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 subtitle B of Title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.;
(F) Administrators of programs for children with disabilities;
(G) Representatives of other state agencies involved in the financing or delivery of related services to children with disabilities;
(H) Representatives of private schools and public charter schools;
(I) Not fewer than one (1) representative of a vocational, community, or business organization concerned with the provision of transitional services to children with disabilities;
(J) Representatives from the state juvenile and adult corrections agencies; and
(K) A representative from the Arkansas child welfare agency responsible for foster care.
(2) A majority of the members of the panel shall be individuals with disabilities or parents of persons from birth to twenty-six (26) years of age with disabilities.
(c)(1) The commissioner shall appoint the members of the council for three-year terms.
(2) Appointees may be eligible for reappointment for one (1) term.
(d) Vacancies which leave unexpired terms shall be filled in the regular manner for the unexpired period of time, and vacancies as a result of expiration of terms shall be filled in the regular manner for three-year periods.
(e) The council shall elect annually its own chair and vice chair.
(f) The director shall meet with and act as secretary to the council and, subject to the availability of personnel, facilities, and appropriations, shall furnish meeting facilities and staff services for the council.
(g) The council shall:
(1) Advise the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education of unmet needs within the state in the education of children with disabilities;
(2) Comment publicly on any rules proposed by the state regarding the education of children with disabilities;
(3) Advise the division in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the United States Secretary of Education under 20 U.S.C. § 1418;
(4) Advise the division in developing corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports under Title 20, Chapter 33, Subchapter II of the United States Code; and
(5) Advise the division in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.
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**(a) In general** Each State that receives assistance under this subchapter, and the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide data each year to the Secretary of Education and the public on the following:
(1)
(A) The number and percentage of children with disabilities, by race, ethnicity, limited English proficiency status, gender, and disability category, who are in each of the following separate categories:
(i) Receiving a free appropriate public education.
(ii) Participating in regular education.
(iii) In separate classes, separate schools or facilities, or public or private residential facilities.
(iv) For each year of age from age 14 through 21, stopped receiving special education and related services because of program completion (including graduation with a regular secondary school diploma), or other reasons, and the reasons why those children stopped receiving special education and related services.
(v)
(I) Removed to an interim alternative educational setting under [section 1415(k)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1415/k/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(II) The acts or items precipitating those removals.
(III) The number of children with disabilities who are subject to long-term suspensions or expulsions.
(B) The number and percentage of children with disabilities, by race, gender, and ethnicity, who are receiving early intervention services.
(C) The number and percentage of children with disabilities, by race, gender, and ethnicity, who, from birth through age 2, stopped receiving early intervention services because of program completion or for other reasons.
(D) The incidence and duration of disciplinary actions by race, ethnicity, limited English
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Page 982
TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1417
prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV
of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–17.
§ 1417. Administration
(a) Responsibilities of Secretary
The Secretary shall—
(1) cooperate with, and (directly or by grant
or contract) furnish technical assistance nec-
essary to, a State in matters relating to—
(A) the education of children with disabil-
ities; and
(B) carrying out this subchapter; and
(2) provide short-term training programs and
institutes.
(b) Prohibition against Federal mandates, direc-
tion, or control
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
authorize an officer or employee of the Federal
Government to mandate, direct, or control a
State, local educational agency, or school’s spe-
cific instructional content, academic achieve-
ment standards and assessments, curriculum, or
program of instruction.
(c) Confidentiality
The Secretary shall take appropriate action,
in accordance with section 1232g of this title, to
ensure the protection of the confidentiality of
any personally identifiable data, information,
and records collected or maintained by the Sec-
retary and by State educational agencies and
local educational agencies pursuant to this sub-
chapter.
(d) Personnel
The Secretary is authorized to hire qualified
personnel necessary to carry out the Secretary’s
duties under subsection (a), under section 1418 of
this title, and under part D of subchapter IV,
without regard to the provisions of title 5 relat-
ing to appointments in the competitive service
and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter
III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classi-
fication and general schedule pay rates, except
that no more than 20 such personnel shall be em-
ployed at any time.
(e) Model forms
Not later
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The following is the policy of the Congress:
(1) Each State educational agency shall ensure that each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths.
(2) In any State where compulsory residency requirements or other requirements, in laws, regulations, practices, or policies, may act as a barrier to the identification of, or the enrollment, attendance, or success in school of, homeless children and youths, the State educational agency and local educational agencies in the State will review and undertake steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that homeless children and youths are afforded the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youths.
(3) Homelessness is not sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school environment.
(4) Homeless children and youths should have access to the education and other services that such children and youths need to ensure that such children and youths have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State academic standards to which all students are held.
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Page 8185
TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 11431
mit to Congress, not later than the expiration of the 1-
year period beginning on Oct. 28, 1992, a report regard-
ing the consultations and determinations made by the
Secretary under this section, including recommenda-
tions.
UNUTILIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY FOR
PURPOSES OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 101–645, title IV, § 401(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104
Stat. 4723, as amended by Pub. L. 106–400, § 2, Oct. 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1675, provided that: ‘‘For purposes of sec-
tion 501 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 11411) (as amended by this Act) the terms
‘unutilized’ and ‘underutilized’ when used to describe
property have the same meaning such terms had before
the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1990]
under such section 501.’’
§ 11412. Making surplus personal property avail-
able to nonprofit agencies
(a) Omitted
(b) Requirement for notification
Within 90 days after July 22, 1987, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall require each
State agency administering a State plan under
section 549(a)–(e) of title 40 to make generally
available information about surplus personal
property which may be used in the provision of
food, shelter, or other services to homeless indi-
viduals.
(c) Costs
Surplus personal property identified pursuant
to this section shall be made available to pro-
viders of assistance to homeless individuals by a
State agency distributing such property at (1) a
nominal cost to such organization or (2) at no
cost when the Administrator agrees to reim-
burse the State agency for the costs of care and
handling of such property.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title V, § 502, July 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 510.)
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