Chapter 7 Comments Public comment response

Chapter 7 Summary of Public Comments on Proposed Rules January 20, 2007 - March 21, 2007 Wyoming Department of Education Part 1 General Provisions Section 1: Authority. Subsection (c) Comment: A number of comments were received relative to paragraph (c) with respect to the language, “for purposes of services to children with disabilities between the ages of (3) three through twenty-one (21).” The commenters proposed the language be amended to “three through the school year in which the child turns 21.” Discussion: 1997 Chapter 7 language in Part 3, Section 2(a) used the phrase “aged 3 to 21,” (italics added.) State Statue 21-2- 502( b) states “Notwithstanding W.S. 21-2-501, 21-4-301, and subsection (a) of this Section, any child with a mental, physical or psychological disability receiving programs and services within district facilities who attains the age of twenty-one (21) during any school year shall be provided the opportunity to complete that school year.” The commenters suggested that the present language could be interpreted to end the child’s eligibility on the date the child turns 22. This was not the intent of the present language and the suggested change is consistent with Wyoming law. Changes: Consistent with W.S. 21-2-502(b), the language in this paragraph and all subsequent references is changed to clarify that eligibility ends upon the close of the school year in which the child reaches age 21. Part 1, ...