Connecticut § 10-74m - Memoranda of understanding with other state agencies re provision of special education services. Liaisons from other state agencies to State-wide Transition Services Coordinator.

§ 10-74m. Memoranda of understanding with other state agencies re provision of special education services. Liaisons from other state agencies to State-wide Transition Services Coordinator.

Sec. 10-74m. Memoranda of understanding with other state agencies re provision of special education services. Liaisons from other state agencies to State-wide Transition Services Coordinator. (a) The Department of Education shall enter into memoranda of understanding with the Office of Early Childhood and the Departments of Developmental Services, Aging and Disability Services, Children and Families, Social Services and Correction regarding the provision of special education and related services to children, including, but not limited to, education, health care, transition resources, transition services and transition programs, as those terms are defined in section 10-74o. Such memoranda of understanding shall account for current programs and services, utilize best practices and be updated or renewed at least every five years.

(b) The Office of Early Childhood and the Departments of Developmental Services, Aging and Disability Services, Children and Families, Social Services and Correction shall, as necessary, enter into memoranda of understanding regarding the provision of special education and related services to children as such services relate to one another. Such memoranda of understanding shall account for current programs and services, utilize best practices and be updated or renewed at least every five years.

(c) The Office of Early Childhood and the Departments of Developmental Services, Aging and Disability Services, Children and Families, the Labor Department, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Public Health, Social Services and Correction shall each appoint an employee to act as a liaison to the Department of Education's State-wide Transition Services Coordinator, established pursuant to section 10-74o. Each liaison shall provide information and advice to such coordinator concerning the transition resources, transition services and transition programs provided by the agency such liaison represents.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 282; P.A. 23-137, S. 28; P.A. 24-78, S. 13.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 23-137 added references to transition resources and public transition programs in Subsec. (a), replaced Bureau of Rehabilitation Services with Department of Aging and Disability Services in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and added Subsec. (c) re appointment of liaisons from other state agencies to the Department of Education's State-wide Transition Services Coordinator, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-78 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by replacing “public transition programs” with “transition programs”, effective July 1, 2024.