Resolve, Requiring the Department of Education To Amend Its Rules To Prohibit School Administrative Units from Imposing Unreasonable Restrictions That Impede the Ability of Parents and Evaluators To Observe Students

Sec. 1. Unrestricted educational observations by qualified examiners; rules. Resolved: That the Department of Education shall amend its rules in Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty to permit a qualified examiner to observe a child at school or at a potential educational placement when the qualified examiner is not employed by the school and is conducting an independent educational evaluation at the request of the parent, at times and durations as determined necessary by the qualified examiner; and be it further

Sec. 2. Provisional adoption of rules. Resolved: That the Department of Education shall provisionally adopt the amendments required under section 1 no later than December 1, 2011.

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This resolve directs the Department of Education to amend its rules in Chapter 101: Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty to permit a qualified examiner to observe a child at school or at a potential educational placement when the qualified examiner is not employed by the school and is conducting an independent educational evaluation at the request of the parent.