Vermont § 2945 - State Advisory Panel on Special Education

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§ 2945. State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • (a) The State Advisory Panel on Special Education (Panel) is created to provide guidance
    with respect to special education and related services for children with disabilities
    in the State. Members of the Panel shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
    of the Secretary of Education. The Panel shall perform its duties, and members of
    the Panel shall be appointed, in accordance with federal law. In addition to members
    appointed to the Panel to satisfy the requirements under federal law, the members
    of the Panel shall include a representative of each body designated by the State under
    federal law as the Parent Training and Information Center and the Protection and Advocacy
    System. The total number of members on the Panel shall not exceed 37 members. (b) The Panel shall elect an executive committee from among its members. The executive
    committee shall be composed of seven members of the Panel, one of whom shall be the
    chair of the Panel. A majority of the members of the executive committee shall be
    individuals with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities (ages birth
    through 26 years of age). The executive committee shall call meetings of the Panel
    and shall direct the work of the Panel. (c) The Panel shall advise both the Agency of Education and the State Board of Education
    on those matters upon which the Panel is required, under federal law, to advise the
    State Education Agency. (d) Members of the Panel shall be entitled to per diem compensation and reimbursement
    of expenses as permitted under 32 V.S.A. § 1010. (Amended 1961, No. 36, eff. March 24, 1961; 1967, No. 73, § 2; 1971, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1977, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 31, 1978; 1995, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 10, 22; 2003, No. 36, § 16; 2011, No. 58, § 4, eff. May 31, 2011; 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 11, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 199, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2017, No. 49, § 33, eff. May 23, 2017; 2019, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 28, 2020.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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