Under
IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on October 26, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., at the Indiana Government Center South, 302 West Washington Street, Wabash Hall, Conference Room 1, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indiana State Board of Education will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to
511 IAC 4,
511 IAC 6, and
511 IAC 7. The proposed rule adds
511 IAC 4-1.5-9 concerning instruction for students with injuries and temporary or chronic illnesses; adds
511 IAC 4-1.5-10 concerning medication administration; adds
511 IAC 6-7.1-12 concerning authority to award locally developed certificates; amends
511 IAC 7-32-32 to update the definition of "educational surrogate parent"; amends
511 IAC 7-32-40 to update the definition of "free appropriate public education"; amends
511 IAC 7-32-52 to update the definition of "institution of higher education"; adds
511 IAC 7-32-103.5 to add a definition for "virtual instruction"; amends
511 IAC 7-34-1 concerning special education and related services for parentally-placed students in nonpublic schools; amends
511 IAC 7-34-3 concerning educational evaluations for parentally-placed nonpublic school students attending nonpublic schools outside the school corporation of legal settlement; amends
511 IAC 7-34-4 concerning consultation with nonpublic school representatives and representatives of parents; amends
511 IAC 7-34-5 concerning decisions regarding services provided by the public agency and service plans; amends
511 IAC 7-34-6 concerning due process hearings and complaints; amends
511 IAC 7-34-7 concerning requirements pertaining to Part B funds; amends
511 IAC 7-35-2 concerning supports for public agency personnel; amends
511 IAC 7-36-10 concerning state and local assessments; amends
511 IAC 7-40-2 concerning comprehensive and coordinated early intervening services; amends
511 IAC 7-40-3 concerning educational evaluations in general; amends
511 IAC 7-40-5 concerning conducting an initial educational evaluation; amends
511 IAC 7-40-7 concerning independent educational evaluations; amends
511 IAC 7-40-8 concerning reevaluations; adds
511 IAC 7-40-9 concerning notice by electronic mail; amends
511 IAC 7-41-9 concerning multiple disabilities; amends
511 IAC 7-42-3 concerning case conference committee participants; amends
511 IAC 7-42-6 concerning developing an individualized education program; amends
511 IAC 7-42-8 concerning implementation and termination of individualized education
programs; amends
511 IAC 7-42-9 concerning review and revision of the individualized education program; amends
511 IAC 7-42-10 concerning least restrictive environments and delivery of special education and related services; amends
511 IAC 7-42-11 concerning instruction for a student at the student's home or alternative setting; adds
511 IAC 7-42-16 concerning notice by electronic mail; amends
511 IAC 7-43-1 concerning related services; amends
511 IAC 7-43-4 concerning the transition individualized education program; amends
511 IAC 7-43-7 concerning summary of performance; amends
511 IAC 7-44-1 concerning removals and services in general; amends
511 IAC 7-44-2 concerning disciplinary change of placement; amends
511 IAC 7-44-3 concerning removals of more than 10 cumulative days that do not result in a change of placement; amends
511 IAC 7-44-4 concerning removals of more than 10 consecutive days or 10 cumulative days that results in a change of placement; amends
511 IAC 7-44-6 concerning interim alternative educational settings; weapons, drugs, and serious bodily injury; adds
511 IAC 7-45-0.5 concerning dispute resolution; amends
511 IAC 7-45-2 concerning mediation; amends
511 IAC 7-45-3 concerning
due process hearing requests; amends
511 IAC 7-45-4 concerning sufficiency of the request for a due process hearing; amends
511 IAC 7-45-5 concerning responding to the request for a due process hearing; amends
511 IAC 7-45-6 concerning the resolution process; adds
511 IAC 7-45-6.5 concerning prehearing procedures; amends
511 IAC 7-45-7 concerning conducting a hearing; amends
511 IAC 7-45-8 concerning independent hearing officer qualifications; amends
511 IAC 7-45-10 concerning expedited due process hearings and petition for judicial review; amends
511 IAC 7-46-1 concerning federal child count procedures; amends
511 IAC 7-47-1 concerning application from a school corporation of legal settlement or charter school; amends
511 IAC 7-47-2 concerning appeal from denial of application; amends
511 IAC 7-49-2 to add a definition of "local school corporation"; amends
511 IAC 7-49-4 concerning the choice special education plan; amends
511 IAC 7-49-10 concerning proportionate share; and adds
511 IAC 7-50 concerning the Indiana education scholarship account education service plan. The proposed rule also repeals
511 IAC 7-32-67,
511 IAC 7-32-103, and
511 IAC 7-42-12.
