This notification is being sent to those who may have an interest in Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 3301-51, titled “Education of Students with Special Needs.”

The rules being reviewed are listed below:

OAC 3301-51-01, “Applicability of requirements and definitions.”

OAC 3301-51-02, “Free appropriate public education.”

OAC 3301-51-03, “Child find.”

OAC 3301-51-04, “Confidentiality.”

OAC 3301-51-05, “Procedural safeguards.”

OAC 3301-51-06, “Evaluations.”

OAC 3301-51-07, “Individualized education program (IEP).”

OAC 3301-51-08, “Parentally placed nonpublic school children.”

OAC 3301-51-09, “Delivery of services.”

OAC 3301-51-10, “Transportation of children with disabilities.”

OAC 3301-51-20, “Admission, transfer, suspension, and expulsion standard for the Ohio state schools for the blind and deaf.”

OAC 3301-51-21, “Providing instructional material to children with visual impairments and others with print disabilities that are listed for sale by publishers with the superintendent of public instruction.”

View the proposed changes to these rules and the Business Impact Analysis on the Ohio Department of Education’s website. You may provide comments about the rules by email to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] no later than Nov. 3, 2021.