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between September 1st and October 15th continues to be eligible for | | those services should the child's parents decide not to enroll the | | child in kindergarten until the child reaches 6 years of age. To | | accomplish this purpose, the bill proposes the following. |
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| | | 1. It amends provisions regarding exceptional students and | | preschool handicapped children to establish the eligibility of a | | child who is already receiving free, appropriate public education | | services through the Child Development Services System and who | | reaches 5 years of age between September 1st and October 15th to | | continue to receive such services when the child's parent | | chooses, in accordance with rules adopted by the Commissioner of | | Education, not to enroll the child in kindergarten until the | | start of the following school year. |
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| | | 2. It clarifies that the modification to the eligibility | | criteria for certain children to continue to receive free, | | appropriate public education services through the Child | | Development Services System meets the requirements under the | | federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 United | | States Code, Section 1400, et seq. |
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| | | 3. It directs the Commissioner of Education to determine the | | adjustment to the statewide adjustment factor under the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15654, subsection 1, | | paragraph B necessary for the amount of state funds that are | | deappropriated from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools | | account in fiscal year 2004-05 to reflect the savings | | attributable to the delayed entry of eligible 5-year-olds into | | kindergarten for the 2004-05 school year. |
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| | | 4. It directs the Department of Education to adopt emergency | | rules regarding the provision of free, appropriate public | | education services through the Child Development Services System | | to children who continue to be eligible to receive those services | | for the state fiscal year 2004-05. |
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| | | 5. It directs the Department of Human Services to adopt | | emergency rules regarding the payment and apportionment of state | | and federal MaineCare funds to ensure the reimbursement for | | services to children who continue to be eligible for those | | services through the Child Development Services System for the | | state fiscal year 2004-05. |
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| | | 6. It provides that the Commissioner of Education and the | | Commissioner of Human Services adopt major substantive rules to | | implement this Act and that provisionally adopted rules be |
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