Section 4.52.250. Special education aides.

	(a)  A person employed as a special education aide shall be trained by a special education teacher or specialist certificated under 4 AAC 12.330 or 4 AAC 12.365, or licensed under AS 08.11,  AS 08.84,  or AS 08.86  to provide the services with which the aide will assist.  
	(b)  Before a special education aide assists in providing direct special education or related services to a child or children, or concurrent with providing direct special education or related services to a child or children, the district must provide and document a minimum of six hours of annual training, in the aggregate, to the aide regarding  
		(1) the child's or children's disabilities;  
		(2) the content of the IEPs;  
		(3) the instructional and safety procedures to be used; and  
		(4) confidentiality procedures.  
	(c)  Each special education aide employed by the district to assist in providing special education to a child must be supervised on-site by the certificated special education teacher responsible for the child's program. The child's IEP team shall make an individualized determination of the frequency of on-site supervision for each program. A district must provide for on-site supervision at least once every month unless the IEP team, after consideration of all the evidence, determines that less frequent on-site supervision for that program is sufficient to provide a FAPE to the child. However, a district may not provide on-site supervision under this subsection less frequently than once every three months.   
	(d)  Each special education aide employed by the district to assist in providing related services to a child must be supervised on-site by the certificated or licensed related services provider responsible for the child's program. The child's IEP team shall make an individualized determination of the frequency of on-site supervision for each related service. A district must provide for on-site supervision at least once every month unless the IEP team, after consideration of all the evidence, determines that less frequent on-site supervision for that related service is sufficient to provide a FAPE to the child. However, a district may not provide on-site supervision under this subsection less frequently than once every three months.  

Authorities

14.07.060;14.30.180;14.30.250

Notes

Authority

AS 14.07.060 AS 14.30.180 AS 14.30.250

History

Eff. 7/1/83, Register 86; am 6/9/85, Register 94; am 7/16/89, Register 111; am 8/22/2001, Register 159; am 9/29/2005, Register 175; am 9/23/2007, Register 183