Report of Regents Special Education and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (SE-ACCES) Committee to The Board of Regents

Regents Committee on Special Education and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (SE-ACCES) Members 
Regent Cea, Co-Chair, Regent Hale, Co-Chair, Vice Chancellor Chin, Regent Tilles, Regent Norwood, Regent Mittler, Regent Tanikawa, Regent Catania, Regent Pratts, Regent Thomas-Williams

The Special Education/Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (SE/ACCES) Committee held its scheduled meeting on October 7, 2025. All members were present except Regent Roger Tilles, who was excused. Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr., Regents Frances G. Wills, Aramina Vega Ferrer, Patrick A. Mannion, Seema Rivera, Brian Krist, and Keith Wiley also attended the meeting. 

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Proposed Amendment of Section 200.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Special Education Due Process Hearings [SE-ACCES (D) 1] – Christopher Suriano and Daniel Morton-Bentley presented on a proposed amendment to sections of Commissioner’s regulations to clarify that parents of students parentally-placed in nonpublic schools do not have the right to file a due process complaint regarding a dispute over the rate at which a provider shall be reimbursed if a school district did not provide services in an individualized education services plan and the parent unilaterally obtained such services. 

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

The Special Education and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (SE-ACCES) recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon the recommendations in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on October 7, 2025.