Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 3094 - Committee to Advise Contractor, or Agency

(a) The contractor or agency shall establish, and maintain an advisory committee composed of attorneys, advocates, parents, and representatives of LEAs, including school districts, county offices of education or other public educational agencies that have jurisdiction under the IDEA.

(1) The majority of the advisory committee must be any combination of parents, advocates for parents, and/or attorneys for parents.

(2) The contractor or agency is encouraged to consider the wide range of disabilities, ethnicities, races, socioeconomics, and other variables, within the special education population.

(3) The contractor or agency shall establish the total number of members and the terms of appointment for the advisory committee.

(b) The contractor or agency shall schedule meetings with the committee.

(1) These meetings shall include, at minimum, one in northern California and one in southern California, in the first half of the year, and one in northern California and one in southern California in the second half of the year, for a total of four meetings each year.

(2) The first of these meeting shall occur no later than two months after effective date of the contract/interagency agreement, or the effective date of these regulations, whichever is later.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 3094

1. New section filed 5-7-2009; operative 6-6-2009 (Register 2009, No. 19).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 9-27-2012 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2012, No. 39).

Note: Authority cited: Section 56504.5, Education Code. Reference: Section 56504.5, Education Code.

1. New section filed 5-7-2009; operative 6-6-2009 (Register 2009, No. 19).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 9-27-2012 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2012, No. 39).