(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children invites parents of children with disabilities, education leaders, professionals and other interested citizens to a public hearing scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 30, at the Holiday Inn Capital Plaza in Frankfort.
The primary purpose of the panel is to advise the Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Exceptional Children Services on issues concerning the education of children and youth with disabilities.
Parents of children with disabilities, education leaders and professionals and other interested citizens are invited to express their comments regarding any issues in the education of children and youth with disabilities during the public hearing. There also will be an opportunity for participants to meet panel members.
The Governor appoints panel members, and future meetings are scheduled for June and October 2006. For more information, attendees may call the Division of Exceptional Children Services at (502) 564-4970.
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