State supervision of special education programs and services. Regulations. Coordinating agency.

(b) The commissioner shall designate by regulation, subject to the approval of the State Board of Education, the procedures which shall be used to identify exceptional children. (c) Said board shall be the agency for cooperation and consultation with federal agencies, other state agencies and private bodies on matters of public school education of children requiring special education, provided the full responsibilities for other aspects of the care of such children shall be reserved to such other agencies. (d) The State Board of Education shall ensure that local and regional boards of education are providing the information described in subparagraph (D) of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d to the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education or the surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 10-94g and, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen years of age or older, the pupil. See Sec. 10-184a re exemption of local or regional boards of education or State Board of Education from providing special education for children being educated at home or in private school. Cited. 172 C. 615; 179 C. 694; 198 C. 445; 228 C. 699; 229 C. 1; 238 C. 1. Violates Art. I, Sec. 20 and Art. VIII, Sec. 1 of Connecticut Constitution. 31 CS 377. Cited. 34 CS 257; 35 CS 501; 39 CS 443; 44 CS 527.