Connecticut § 10-66r Regional model for provision of special education services re transportation, training and therapeutic services.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10-66r — Regional model for provision of special education services re transportation, training and therapeutic services.

Connecticut § 10-66r

Title 10Education and Culture

Ch. 164Educational Opportunities

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66r (2026).

Text

(a)Each regional educational service center shall develop, in consultation with the Department of Education, a regional model for the provision of special education services related to transportation, training and therapeutic services to be used for the provision of such special education services to all school districts served by such regional educational service center. Each regional model shall take into account the least restrictive environment for students receiving special education and related services and include (1) a regional transportation plan, developed in consultation with public transit districts, that provides transportation to children requiring special education and related services, (2) a regional educator training plan that provides special education training to teache

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(a) Each regional educational service center shall develop, in consultation with the Department of Education, a regional model for the provision of special education services related to transportation, training and therapeutic services to be used for the provision of such special education services to all school districts served by such regional educational service center. Each regional model shall take into account the least restrictive environment for students receiving special education and related services and include (1) a regional transportation plan, developed in consultation with public transit districts, that provides transportation to children requiring special education and related services, (2) a regional educator training plan that provides special education training to teachers, paraeducators and administrators that includes, but need not be limited to, instruction regarding classroom techniques to improve the provision of special education and related services to children and the implementation of scientific research-based interventions, (3) a regional plan for the provision of therapeutic services, including, but not limited to, speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy, and (4) a plan for the provision of transportation, training and therapeutic services in a manner that makes such services readily available to each school district served by the regional educational service center rather than by request of a school district. (b) Not later than October 1, 2016, each regional educational service center shall submit such model to the State Board of Education and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .

Legislative History

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 275; P.A. 24-41, S. 20.) History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 24-41 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “school paraprofessionals” with “paraeducators”, effective July 1, 2024.