Indiana § 20-35-3-1 State advisory council on the education of children with disabilities;
membership; duties

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-35-3-1 — State advisory council on the education of children with disabilities; membership; duties

Indiana § 20-35-3-1

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 35SPECIAL EDUCATION

Ch. 3State Advisory Council

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Ind. Code § 20-35-3-1 (2026).

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(a)The secretary of education 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 secretary of education 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 disa

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(a) The secretary of education 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 secretary of education 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 Indiana 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.
(12) A representative from the Arc of Indiana.
(d) The responsibilities of the state advisory council are as follows:
(1) To advise the secretary of education and the state board
regarding all rules pertaining to children with disabilities.
(2) To advise the department of unmet needs within Indiana in the
education of children with disabilities.
(3) To provide public comment on rules proposed by the state
board regarding the education of children with disabilities.
(4) To advise the department in developing evaluations and
reporting data to the United States Secretary of Education under
20 U.S.C. 1418.
(5) 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.
(6) 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 secretary of
education.
(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 secretary of education 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.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-16.]

Legislative History

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; P.L.270-2019, SEC.23; P.L.43-2021, SEC.115; P.L.56-2023, SEC.195; P.L.150-2024, SEC.64.