The Connecticut Department of Education recently announced two additional public hearing dates and a deadline extension for submission of written comments concerning the proposed Special Education Regulations (“Regulations”). The full text of the proposed Regulations can be found by clicking here.

The first public hearing will be held on November 9, 2010 from 4:00 – 8:30 p.m. in Conference Room 3 at CES in Trumbull, CT, located at 40 Lindeman Drive, Trumbull. The second public hearing will be held on November 17, 2010, from 4:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the State Office Building, 165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, in Room 307A.

The deadline for submission of written comments concerning the proposed Regulations is now December 1, 2010. Any written comments should be submitted to Attorney Theresa C. DeFrancis, Bureau of Special Education, P.O. Box 2219, Hartford, CT 06145.

The School Law Practice Group at Shipman and Goodwin LLP has already submitted comments to the proposed Regulations. The full text of our comments can be found by clicking here. If you have any questions about this alert, please feel free to contact jfayat jfay@goodwin.com, alittlefield at alittlefield@goodwin.com or gzittoun at gzittoun@goodwin.com.