Section 13-37-1.2 - Department as agency responsible for special education--Regulatory andcoordinating authority.

13-37-1.2. Department as agency responsible for special education--Regulatory and coordinating authority. The Department of Education is hereby designated as the state agency with responsibility for the education of children in need of special education or special education and related services. In accordance with § 13-37-1.1, the department has regulatory and coordinating authority over any program within any state agency insofar as such programs pertain to the special education of children in need of special education or special education and related services.

Source: SL 1976, ch 120; SL 1988, ch 134, § 6; SL 1990, ch 195, § 1; SL 1996, ch 8, § 28; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63; SL 2010, ch 77, § 12.