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Manhasset board holds first reading to extend special-education services to age 22; trustees discuss transition supports
Summary
The board held a first reading of Policy 4772 to change the district ge limit for special-education services from 21 to 22 ("end of the school year in which the student turns 22"). Trustees and staff debated whether transitions should end at a school-year break or by birthday and discussed adding coordination supports for families.
At a first reading of Policy 4772 and its accompanying regulation, trustees discussed a change brought by State Education Department guidance to extend Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) through age 22.
The draft policy language before the board reads, as proposed, ‘‘until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.’’ Board members and special-education staff debated options: adopt the proposed wording tied to the…
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