HF 1705

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/11/2013 03:34pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government; granting the commissioner of education rulemaking
authority.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
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new text begin The commissioner of education shall amend Minnesota Rules related to the
provision of special education under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act using the expedited rulemaking process in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389. The
commissioner shall amend rules in response to new federal regulations in Code of
Federal Regulations, title 34, part 303, including definitions of and procedures related to
evaluation and assessment, including assessment of the child and family, initial evaluation
and assessment, native language, the use of informed clinical opinion as an independent
basis to establish eligibility, and transition of a toddler from Part C consistent with Code of
Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 303.24, 303.25, and 303.321. The authority to use
the expedited process to amend rules specified in this section expires July 1, 2014. Rule
amendments adopted under the expedited process before that date remain in effect unless
further amended under the rulemaking procedures in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
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