Sec. 10-14q. Exceptions.
Sec. 10-14q. Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all students
requiring special education pursuant to section 10-76a, except in the rare case when the
planning and placement team for an individual student determines that an alternate
assessment as specified by the State Board of Education is appropriate. The provisions
of this chapter shall not apply to (1) any limited English proficient student, as defined
in Title VII of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, P.L. 103-382, enrolled
in school for ten school months or less, or (2) any limited English proficient student
enrolled in school for more than ten school months and less than twenty school months
who scores below the level established by the State Board of Education on the linguistic
portion of the designated English mastery standard assessment administered in the
month prior to the administration of the state-wide mastery examination.
(P.A. 78-194, S. 5, 9; P.A. 79-128, S. 15, 36; P.A. 81-141; P.A. 83-369, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-255, S. 3, 21; P.A. 88-360, S.
6, 63; P.A. 92-262, S. 38, 42; P.A. 93-353, S. 4, 52; P.A. 99-211, S. 7, 10; P.A. 01-205, S. 1, 3; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 79-128 provided exception to provisions of chapter for students requiring special education pursuant to
Sec. 10-76a unless otherwise determined by planning and placement team and provided exception to provisions of Sec.
10-14o for students enrolled in special education or bilingual programs under Sec. 10-76g, previously entire chapter was
inapplicable to students in special education or bilingual programs; P.A. 81-141 provided that children requiring special
education shall take proficiency exams administered by their school districts except in those instances when the child's
planning and placement team determines that it would be inappropriate for the child to take the examinations, where
previously such children had been altogether exempt from proficiency exam requirement; P.A. 83-369 added provisions
exempting from proficiency testing students enrolled for two years or less in a bilingual education program or enrolled for
two years or less in an English as a second language program; P.A. 84-255 amended section to clarify that the provisions
of Sec. 10-14o relating to the compensatory education grant are applicable to students required to take the state-wide
proficiency examination who are enrolled in a special education program and to students enrolled in programs of bilingual
education which are eligible for state funding, where previously they were inapplicable to such students; P.A. 88-360
substituted "mastery" for "proficiency" examination; P.A. 92-262 removed provision specifying applicability of repealed
Sec. 10-14o to special education and bilingual program students; P.A. 93-353 amended section to extend the exceptions
from two to three years, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 99-211 changed three years to 30 school months in two places, effective
July 1, 1999; P.A. 01-205 changed "any student" to "all students", added language specifying that the exception for a
special education student is "in the rare case", substituted provision for the planning and placement team to specify an
alternate assessment for former provision exempting the student from the examination and changed the time frame for the
exception for bilingual education students and English as a second language students from 30 to 10 school months, effective
July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 added Subdiv. (1) designator, replaced language re bilingual program with language
re limited English proficient students and added new Subdiv. (2) re limited English proficient students scoring below
minimum level on linguistic portion of mastery exam, effective July 1, 2003.
Cited. 187 C. 187. Cited. 195 C. 24.