Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 3 art 5 s 31]
Subd. 2. Programs. (a) The department must offer summer institutes or other training programs throughout the state for deaf or hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired, and multiply disabled pupils. The department must also offer workshops for teachers, and leadership development for teachers.
(b) Training and workshop programs offered under paragraph (a) must help promote and develop education programs offered by school districts or other organizations. The programs must assist school districts or other organizations to develop innovative programs.
Subd. 3. Programs by nonprofits. The department may contract to have nonprofit organizations provide programs under subdivision 2.
Subd. 4. Advisory committees. (a) The commissioner shall establish advisory committees for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and for the blind and visually impaired. The advisory committees shall develop recommendations and submit an annual report to the commissioner on the form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) The advisory committees for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and for the blind and visually impaired shall meet periodically at least four times per year. The committees must each review, approve, and submit a biennial report to the commissioner, the education policy and finance committees of the legislature, and the Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing. The reports must, at least:
(1) identify and report the aggregate, data-based education outcomes for children with the primary disability classification of deaf and hard-of-hearing or of blind and visually impaired, consistent with the commissioner's child count reporting practices, the commissioner's state and local outcome data reporting system by district and region, and the school performance report cards under section 120B.36, subdivision 1; and
(2) describe the implementation of a data-based plan for improving the education outcomes of deaf and hard-of-hearing or blind and visually impaired children that is premised on evidence-based best practices, and provide a cost estimate for ongoing implementation of the plan.
Subd. 5. Statewide hearing loss early education intervention coordinator. (a) The coordinator shall:
(1) collaborate with the early hearing detection and intervention coordinator for the Department of Health, deaf and hard-of-hearing state specialist, and the Department of Health Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Council;
(2) coordinate and support Department of Education early hearing detection and intervention teams;
(3) leverage resources by serving as a liaison between interagency early intervention committees; part C coordinators from the Departments of Education, Health, and Human Services; Department of Education regional low-incidence facilitators; service coordinators from school districts; Minnesota children with special health needs in the Department of Health; public health nurses; child find; Department of Human Services Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division; and others as appropriate;
(4) identify, support, and promote culturally appropriate and evidence-based early intervention practices for infants with hearing loss, and provide training, outreach, and use of technology to increase consistency in statewide service provision;
(5) identify culturally appropriate specialized reliable and valid instruments to assess and track the progress of children with hearing loss and promote their use;
(6) ensure that early childhood providers, parents, and members of the individual family service and intervention plan are provided with child progress data resulting from specialized assessments;
(7) educate early childhood providers and teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing to use developmental data from specialized assessments to plan and adjust individual family service plans; and
(8) make recommendations that would improve educational outcomes to the early hearing detection and intervention committee, the commissioners of education and health, the Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing, and the advisory council for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
(b) The Department of Education must provide aggregate data regarding outcomes of deaf and hard-of-hearing children who receive early intervention services within the state in accordance with the state performance plan.
1987 c 398 art 3 s 30; 1989 c 220 s 2; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 11 s 9; art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2006 c 263 art 3 s 9; 2007 c 146 art 3 s 7; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 15; 2009 c 96 art 3 s 16,17; 1Sp2015 c 3 art 5 s 19-22; 2016 c 189 art 29 s 11; 2018 c 121 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 125A — Special Education And Special Programs
Section 125A.01 — Definitions.
Section 125A.02 — Child With A Disability Defined.
Section 125A.023 — State Agency Coordination Responsibilities.
Section 125A.027 — Local Agency Coordination Responsibilities.
Section 125A.03 — Special Instruction For Children With A Disability.
Section 125A.04 — High School Diploma.
Section 125A.06 — Blind Persons' Literacy Rights.
Section 125A.08 — Individualized Education Programs.
Section 125A.083 — Student Information Systems; Transferring Records.
Section 125A.091 — Alternative Dispute Resolution And Due Process Hearings.
Section 125A.094 — Restrictive Procedures For Children With Disabilities.
Section 125A.0941 — Definitions.
Section 125A.0942 — Standards For Restrictive Procedures.
Section 125A.11 — Special Instructions For Nonresident Children.
Section 125A.12 — Attendance In Another District.
Section 125A.125 — Report On Homeless Children Served.
Section 125A.13 — School Of Parents' Choice.
Section 125A.14 — Extended School Year.
Section 125A.15 — Placement In Another District; Responsibility.
Section 125A.155 — Special Education Reciprocity; Commissioner Duties.
Section 125A.17 — Legal Residence Of A Child With A Disability Placed In A Foster Facility.
Section 125A.18 — Special Instruction; Nonpublic Schools.
Section 125A.19 — Nonresident Education; Billing.
Section 125A.20 — Transportation Aid Agreements.
Section 125A.21 — Third-party Payment.
Section 125A.22 — Community Transition Interagency Committee.
Section 125A.23 — Agency Access To Nonpublic Data.
Section 125A.24 — Parent Advisory Councils.
Section 125A.25 — Legislative Commitment To Conciliation.
Section 125A.259 — Citation; Interagency Early Childhood Intervention System.
Section 125A.27 — Definitions.
Section 125A.28 — State Interagency Coordinating Council.
Section 125A.29 — Responsibilities Of County Boards And School Boards.
Section 125A.30 — Interagency Early Intervention Committees.
Section 125A.31 — Local Primary Agency.
Section 125A.32 — Individualized Family Service Plan (ifsp).
Section 125A.33 — Service Coordination.
Section 125A.34 — Early Intervention Respite Services.
Section 125A.35 — Early Intervention Service Dollars.
Section 125A.36 — Payment For Services.
Section 125A.37 — Payor Of Last Resort.
Section 125A.38 — Maintenance Of Effort.
Section 125A.39 — Local Interagency Agreements.
Section 125A.40 — Third-party Payment.
Section 125A.41 — Coordinating Health Insurance Benefits.
Section 125A.42 — Procedural Safeguards; Parent And Child Rights.
Section 125A.43 — Mediation Procedure.
Section 125A.44 — Complaint Procedure.
Section 125A.45 — Interagency Dispute Procedure.
Section 125A.46 — Due Process Hearings.
Section 125A.48 — State Interagency Agreement.
Section 125A.50 — Alternative Delivery Of Specialized Instructional Services.
Section 125A.51 — Placement Of Children Without Disabilities; Education And Transportation.
Section 125A.515 — Placement Of Students; Approval Of Education Program.
Section 125A.53 — Director Of A Special Education Cooperative.
Section 125A.55 — Accommodating Students With Disabilities.
Section 125A.56 — Alternate Instruction Required Before Assessment Referral.
Section 125A.58 — Purchasing Guidelines.
Section 125A.59 — Interagency Agreement To Purchase Used Assistive Technology Devices.
Section 125A.60 — Purchase Agreement; Price Formula.
Section 125A.61 — Location And Status.
Section 125A.62 — Duties Of The Board Of The Minnesota State Academies.
Section 125A.63 — Resources; Deaf Or Hard-of-hearing And Blind Or Visually Impaired.
Section 125A.64 — Powers Of Board Of The Minnesota State Academies.
Section 125A.65 — Attendance At Academies For The Deaf And Blind.
Section 125A.66 — Obligations Of The Academies.
Section 125A.67 — Staff Of The Academies.
Section 125A.68 — State Adopted Procedures.
Section 125A.69 — Admission Standards.
Section 125A.70 — Expense Of Pupils.
Section 125A.71 — Deposit And Appropriation Of Rents And Fees Of Academies.
Section 125A.72 — Student Activities Account.
Section 125A.73 — Duties Of State Departments.
Section 125A.74 — Medical Assistance Payments To School Districts.
Section 125A.744 — Statewide Data Management System To Maximize Medical Assistance Reimbursement.
Section 125A.75 — Special Education Programs; Approval; Aid Payments; Travel Aid; Litigation Costs.
Section 125A.76 — Special Education Aid.