Providing parents with information regarding their rights under this rule is critical to ensuring that they have the opportunity to be partners in the decisions regarding their children. It is also critical that local school boards provide information about these rights to appropriate district and school personnel so that the needs of the student can be identified and appropriately met. For gifted students with disabilities, the procedural safeguards and due process procedures found in rule 6A-6.03311, F.A.C., apply. For the purposes of this rule, the term parent(s) also includes legal guardian(s). The school board’s policy and procedures for procedural safeguards described in this rule shall be set forth in accordance with rule 6A-6.03411, F.A.C., and shall include adequate provisions for the following:

Rulemaking Authority 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.57(1) FS. Law Implemented 1001.42(4)(l), 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.57(1) FS. History–New 9-20-04, Amended 1-7-16.