RELATES TO: KRS 164.981-164.9819
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
164.981 to
164.9819
requires the creation of a State Autism Training Center and assigns overall
responsibility for its operation to the Council on Postsecondary Education. The
Council on Postsecondary Education shall award a contract to a public
institution of higher education for the operation of the State Autism Training
Center. This administrative regulation defines the parameters for the operation
of the center and for access to services.
Section
1. Definitions.
(1)
"Autistic-related disabilities of communication and behavior" means disorders
of verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive, stereotyped, and
restricted patterns of behavior.
(2) "Board" means the Citizens Advisory
Board.
(3) "Contract" means the
memorandum of agreement developed and entered into by the Council on
Postsecondary Education and a public higher education institution for the
purpose of operating the center.
(4) "Public institution" means a state
university.
Section 2.
Contract for the Operation of a State Autism Training Center, and Plan.
(1) The contract awarded by the council
pursuant to
KRS
164.9811(2) shall be for two
(2) years with a provision for an additional two (2) years, if agreed upon by
both parties.
(2) The contract
shall include provision for:
(a) An annual
report of activities, including an assessment of the center's performance,
prepared by the public institution, reviewed by the board, and submitted to the
council;
(b) Payment by the council
to the public institution;
(c) An
annual budget for the operation of the center, including a statement of
projected revenues and expenditures; and
(d) A plan prepared by the public institution
establishing the activities and objectives to be performed annually.
(3) The plan shall stipulate the
level and degree of services to be provided in exchange for appropriated state
funds and other funds federal, state, local, or private. The contract and plan
shall establish the limits of the degree and level of services to be provided,
and the public institution shall not be required to perform additional services
unless compensation is provided and agreed upon by both parties.
Section 3. Operation of the State
Autism Training Center.
(1) Operation of the
center shall be under the direction and control of the public institution which
shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable federal and state
laws.
(2) The public institution
shall designate a trainee team for each client.
(3) The public institution shall exercise due
diligence in maintaining the center's eligibility for federal funds.
Section 4. Citizens Advisory
Board.
(1) The public institution shall create
a Citizens Advisory Board and appoint the members by September 30, 1997,
pursuant to
KRS
164.9817. The board shall review the
assessment of the center's performance.
(2) The board shall not meet less than
quarterly.
(3) The center's
director shall give adequate notice of each meeting to the members of the
board.
(4) The center's director
shall publish the minutes of each meeting of the board and each advisory action
taken by the board.
