A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to implement a recommendation of the house select committee on the education of students with disabilities to require The Department of Public Instruction to study the delivery of educational and other services to students with disabilities at the high school level and report to the joint legislative education oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Public Instruction shall identify the various models being utilized to deliver educational and other services at the high school level to children with disabilities in North Carolina.  As a part of its study, the Department shall consider the efficacy of the models currently being used in the State and review the research for best practice models that are being implemented in other states.  The Department shall report its findings and any recommended legislation or policy changes by December 1, 2007, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.