1997 Planning Committee
Purpose
The purpose of the Utah IDEA 1997 Planning Committee is to bring stakeholders together to determine how IDEA 1997 will be implemented. Groups represented on the Planning Committee are: Local Education Agency Directors (LEAD), the Utah State Board of Education Advisory Committee for Children with Disabilities (USBEACH), Utah State Office of Education, the Superintendents' Association, the Local School Board Association, parents, the Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities, the Disability Law Center, and institutes of higher education.
Principles
As the Utah IDEA 1997 Planning Committee meets, the following principles will guide the group's discussions:
Make implementation of IDEA 1997 more manageable for teachers, parents, and administrators.
During this year of transition, keep the tension between no anxiety and maximum anxiety.
The starting point of all discussions will be IDEA 1997.
Use Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People:
Invent the Future
It is not business as usual in Utah!
Committee Priorities and Focus
Beginning of 97-98 School Year:
Dissemination of consistent information regarding IDEA 1997
IDEA 1997 changes in effect for the start of the 97-98 school year:
Procedural Safeguards
Evaluation and Reevaluation
Parental Participation
Discipline
Making recommendations to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) regarding IDEA 1997 federal regulations
Determination of PAR monitoring procedures for the 97-98 school year
Beginning of 98-99 School Year:
Creation of a "User's Manual" explaining current procedures for implementing IDEA 1997
Addressing needed changes in state statutes
Development of Utah State Rules and Regulations (what color will they be?)
Procedures for Local Education Agency (LEA) applications, district policy manuals, and forms
Development of the State Program Improvement Grant
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