Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures.

Department of Education; duties; special education.Requires the Department of Education to (i) provide trainingand guidance documents to local school divisions on the developmentof Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities,(ii) develop a training module for each individual who participatesin an IEP meeting, with the exception of parents, (iii) annuallyconduct structured reviews of a sample of IEPs from a sufficientlylarge sample of local school divisions to verify that the IEPs arein compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and areof high quality, (iv) develop and maintain a statewide plan for improving(a) its ongoing oversight of local practices related to transitionplanning and services for children with disabilities and (b) technicalassistance and guidance provided for postsecondary transition planningand services for children with disabilities, (v) develop and maintaina statewide strategic plan for recruiting and retaining special educationteachers, and (vi) (a) conduct a one-time targeted review of thetransition sections of a random sample of students' IEPs in each schooldivision; (b) communicate its findings to each local school division, school board, and local special education advisory committee; and(c) ensure that local school divisions correct any IEPs that arefound to be out of compliance no later than the end of the 2021-22school year.