SB 5879 - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Changes the name of the birth-to-six interagency coordinating council to the birth-to-three interagency coordinating council.

Specifies that the department of early learning is the lead agency with regard to early intervention services.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide the department of early learning, in its role as state lead agency, with a full accounting of the school district expenditures from the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, disaggregated by district, for birth-to-three early intervention services provided under section 3 of this act.

Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Develop and submit a plan to the appropriate committees of the legislature on comprehensive and coordinated early intervention services for all eligible children with disabilities in accordance with part C of the federal individuals with disabilities education act;

(2) Provide a full accounting of the early support for infants and toddlers expenditures from the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years in the plan required in (1) above; and

(3) Develop and adopt rules that establish minimum requirements for the services offered through part C programs, including allowable allocations and expenditures for transition into part B of the federal individuals with disabilities education act.