2014 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL EDUCATION CHAPTER 3. STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL
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IC 20-35-3
Chapter 3. State Advisory Council
IC 20-35-3-1
State advisory council on education of children with disabilities;
membership; duties
Sec. 1. (a) The state superintendent shall appoint a state advisory
council on the education of children with disabilities. The state
advisory council's duties consist of providing policy guidance
concerning special education and related services for children with
disabilities. The state superintendent shall appoint at least seventeen
(17) members who serve for a term of four (4) years. Vacancies shall
be filled in the same manner for the unexpired balance of the term.
(b) The members of the state advisory council must be:
(1) citizens of Indiana;
(2) representative of the state's population; and
(3) selected on the basis of their involvement in or concern with
the education of children with disabilities.
(c) A majority of the members of the state advisory council must
be individuals with disabilities or the parents of children with
disabilities. Members must include the following:
(1) Parents of children with disabilities.
(2) Individuals with disabilities.
(3) Teachers.
(4) Representatives of postsecondary educational institutions
that prepare special education and related services personnel.
(5) State and local education officials.
(6) Administrators of programs for children with disabilities.
(7) Representatives of state agencies involved in the financing
or delivery of related services to children with disabilities,
including the following:
(A) The commissioner of the state department of health or
the commissioner's designee.
(B) The director of the division of disability and
rehabilitative services or the director's designee.
(C) The director of the division of mental health and
addiction or the director's designee.
(D) The director of the department of child services or the
director's designee.
(8) Representatives of nonpublic schools and freeway schools.
(9) One (1) or more representatives of vocational, community,
or business organizations concerned with the provision of
transitional services to children with disabilities.
(10) Representatives of the department of correction.
(11) A representative from each of the following:
(A) The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
board.
(B) The Indiana School for the Deaf board.
(d) The responsibilities of the state advisory council are as
follows:
(1) To advise the state superintendent and the state board
regarding all rules pertaining to children with disabilities.
(2) To recommend approval or rejection of completed
comprehensive plans submitted by school corporations acting
individually or on a joint school services program basis with
other corporations.
(3) To advise the department of unmet needs within Indiana in
the education of children with disabilities.
(4) To provide public comment on rules proposed by the state
board regarding the education of children with disabilities.
(5) To advise the department in developing evaluations and
reporting data to the United States Secretary of Education under
20 U.S.C. 1418.
(6) To advise the department in developing corrective action
plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports
under 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.
(7) To advise the department in developing and implementing
policies related to the coordination of services for children with
disabilities.
(e) The state advisory council shall do the following:
(1) Organize with a chairperson selected by the state
superintendent.
(2) Meet as often as necessary to conduct the council's business
at the call of the chairperson, upon ten (10) days written notice,
but not less than four (4) times a year.
(f) Members of the state advisory council are entitled to
reasonable amounts for expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of their duties.
(g) The state superintendent shall do the following:
(1) Designate the director to act as executive secretary of the
state advisory council.
(2) Furnish all professional and clerical assistance necessary for
the performance of the state advisory council's powers and
duties.
(h) The affirmative votes of a majority of the members appointed
to the state advisory council are required for the state advisory
council to take action.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.218-2005,
SEC.80; P.L.141-2006, SEC.97; P.L.145-2006, SEC.152;
P.L.1-2007, SEC.150; P.L.2-2007, SEC.232.
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