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HCS/SS/SB 112 - This act removes the reference to sunset of Section 162.700, RSMo, that appears in the existing Section 160.930, RSMo. Section 162.700 is the statute that provides authority for special education of the age 3 to age 21 population. It was not a new program when Section 160.930 was enacted and, therefore, would not have needed a sunset provision applicable to it under Section 23.253, RSMo (the Sunset Act). This act also provides that the Missouri Sunset Act shall not apply to the early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (the First Steps program). Also, subject to appropriations, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement a pilot program requiring the department to implement a pilot program allowing the Regional Interagency Coordinating Council (RICC) of the Greater St. Louis SPOE to hire a part-time child-find coordinator to conduct the child-find requirements of the First Steps program. The part-time child-find coordinator shall be hired, selected, and employed by the RICC of the Greater St. Louis SPOE by July 1, 2008. By September 1, 2010, the Greater St. Louis SPOE shall conduct a study on the effect of hiring the child-find coordinator and submit the study to the Department, the State Interagency Coordinating Council and the General Assembly. This act establishes the "Part C Early Intervention Pilot Program Fund" for implementing the pilot program. The provisions of the pilot program shall expire on September 1, 2011. This act also removes references to the term "handicapped" in the special education statute and replaces it with "children with disabilities." This act is similar to SB 436 (2007). ADRIANE CROUSE
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