HB 655 -- SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

This bill deletes the current requirement that students receiving
special education services must be accommodated when possible by
special aids and services rather than separate classes and
restates it to require that separate schooling be used only when
education in regular classes with aids and services cannot be
achieved satisfactorily.  The bill also revises the procedure for
review of hearing panel decisions, requiring the court to receive
the administrative record, hear additional evidence if requested,
and rule on the preponderance of the evidence.  A period in which
judicial review may be petitioned is provided for.  The bill
permits appeals of the court's decision and makes Chapter 536,
RSMo (Administrative Procedure and Review), applicable to special
education due process hearings and appeals under certain
circumstances.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:12 am