| Sec. 1. Free, appropriate public education services for eligible children of kindergarten |
| age. Resolved: That the Department of Education shall amend or |
| adopt rules regarding the payment and apportionment of state |
| funds provided for free, appropriate public education services |
| for eligible children, from 3 years of age to under 6 years of |
| age, who have a disability to include authorization for the |
| continuation of payments for free, appropriate public education |
| services for eligible children who are already receiving services |
| through the Child Development Services System and who reach 5 |
| years of age between September 2nd and October 15th and whose |
| parents have opted not to enroll their children in kindergarten |
| until the children reach 6 years of age and are no longer |
| eligible for free, appropriate public education services through |
| the Child Development Services System. For the purposes of this |
| section, "free, appropriate public education services" means |
| those services as described under the Maine Revised Statutes, |
| Title 20-A, section 7725, subsection 5, and such services must be |
| provided to eligible children at no cost to the family; and be it |
| further |
