(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 to
8 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton.
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 meetings are held in January, June and October of 2006. Attendees may call the Division of Exceptional Children Services at (502) 564-4970 for more information.
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