Connecticut § 10-76ll Bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10-76ll — Bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services.

Connecticut § 10-76ll

Title 10Education and Culture

Ch. 164Educational Opportunities

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-76ll (2026).

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(a)As used in this section, “parent” means the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education or the surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 10-94g or, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen years of age or older, the pupil.

(b)On or before July 1, 2015, the State Board of Education shall draft a written bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services to guarantee that the rights of such parents and children are adequately safeguarded and protected during the provision of special education and related services until such children have graduated from high school or at the end of the school year during which such children reach age twenty-two, whichever occurs first, under this chapter. Such bill of rights shall inform p

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(a) As used in this section, “parent” means the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education or the surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 10-94g or, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen years of age or older, the pupil. (b) On or before July 1, 2015, the State Board of Education shall draft a written bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services to guarantee that the rights of such parents and children are adequately safeguarded and protected during the provision of special education and related services until such children have graduated from high school or at the end of the school year during which such children reach age twenty-two, whichever occurs first, under this chapter. Such bill of rights shall inform parents of: (1) The right to request consideration of the provision of transition services for a child receiving special education services who is eighteen years of age until such child has graduated from high school or at the end of the school year during which such child reaches age twenty-two, whichever occurs first, (2) the right to receive transition resources and materials from the department and the local or regional board of education responsible for such child, (3) the requirement that the local or regional board of education responsible for such child shall create a student success plan for each student enrolled in a public school, beginning in grade six, pursuant to subsection (k) of section 10-221a , and (4) the right of such child to receive realistic and specific postgraduation goals as part of such child's individualized education program. (c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall annually distribute to local and regional boards of education the written bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services, which shall be provided to parents, at a planning and placement team meeting for a child receiving special education services in grades six to twelve, inclusive.

Legislative History

(P.A. 15-209, S. 3; P.A. 23-21, S. 4; 23-137, S. 33; 23-204, S. 321; P.A. 24-29, S. 9; 24-45, S. 11.) History: P.A. 15-209 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 23-21 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(3), effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-137 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to the provision of services until a child graduates or the end of the school year during which a child reaches age 22, whichever is earlier and deleting “to twenty-one inclusive, years of age”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-204 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(3), effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-29 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 21, 2024; P.A. 24-45 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(3), effective July 1, 2024.