Use Your Voice! Seeking Public Comments

The Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children (CESEC) is a diverse representation of stakeholders that informs and advises the State Board of Education (SBE) on policies and matters relating to improving the educational outcomes for students with disabilities in North Carolina.

The next CESEC Meeting will be virtual and is scheduled for September 18, 2025. Their website has not been updated with this date yet. Council meetings are held four times a year and are open to the public. Stakeholders are encouraged to submit written comments at any time or attend the CESEC’s quarterly meetings and register for public comment.

公眾意見徵詢程式

公眾意見是CESEC履行其職責的重要組成部分，即就北卡羅來納州有特殊需要的兒童未滿足的需求向州教育委員會提供建議。鼓勵利益相關者隨時提交書面意見或參加CESEC的季度會議並註冊以徵詢公眾意見。CESEC議程將預留30分鐘，供公眾在每次會議上發表意見。主席可酌情增加額外時間。

General Guidelines for Public Input

• 公眾意見可以通過口頭（親自）或書面形式提出，包括通過電子郵件發送給CESEC。將優先考慮親自評論。主席將按收到的先後順序宣讀書面意見。所有書面意見都將記錄在案。
• Public comment is limited to no more than five minutes per person in the first thirty minutes of the afternoon session. Sign-in must occur by 10:30 am.
• Written comments should be sent to sara.self-maddox@dpi.nc.gov or Sara Self Maddox, Office of Exceptional Children, 6356 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6356 by 4pm, 10 business days prior to the regularly scheduled CESEC meeting. (The next meeting is September 18, 2025)
• 評論應集中在與CESEC任務相關的主題上。不允許招攬。公眾意見徵詢機會不是供應商行銷商品或服務的論壇。應由個人分享關切和成功，這些關切和成功有助於確定完成安理會使命的未來方向，如下所述：

CESEC是作為州教育委員會的諮詢委員會成立的。它的建立由《殘疾人教育改進法案》（IDEA）聯邦法規§§300.167-300.169和北卡羅來納州一般法規§115C-121規定。CESEC的任務是就有特殊需要的兒童未滿足的需求以及制定和實施與協調殘疾學生服務有關的政策向州教育委員會提供諮詢;就評估和數據報告的發展向SBE提供建議，並制定糾正行動計劃以解決聯邦監測意見中的發現。

• 所有公眾意見都將在CESEC的建議下進行，但不會收到口頭或書面回復。
• 公眾意見將在會議記錄中總結。
• 理事會將根據理事會的使命審查公眾意見，並決定採取適當行動（如果有的話）。

Making Public Comment in Person

• 簽到表將在登記桌上提供。所有希望發言的人都必須登錄。主席將根據簽到順序召集個人發言。
• 當被要求時，請說出您的姓名，居住縣和主題。
• 評論應符合事實，客觀，並與CESEC的使命相關。
• 保持機密性和隱私標準：不要提及學生或學校工作人員的個人姓名。
• CESEC成員在規定的五分鐘內不得打斷演講者。如果擔心公眾意見徵詢程式和/或隱私或其他法律受到違反，主席可以打斷發言人。

提交書面公眾意見

• 任何個人都可以通過書面信函或電子郵件提交書面意見，由主席簽署和閱讀和/或在公眾意見徵詢期內的季度CESEC會議上分發。書面評論最多可達600字。
• All written comments must be received by at sara.self-maddox@dpi.nc.gov or Sara Self Maddox Office of Exceptional Children, 6356 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6356 by 4 pm, 10 business days prior to the quarterly CESEC meeting. Any comments submitted after that time will be read and/or distributed at a later date.
• 書面評論必須包括提交評論的個人的姓名、地址、電子郵件位址（如果有）和居住縣。
• 書面意見應符合事實、客觀，並與CESEC的使命相關。
• 書面意見必須保持機密性和隱私標準。

If special assistance is needed to participate in the public comment period, every effort will be made to provide the appropriate accommodation. When requesting accommodations for public comment, please allow no less than 10 business days’ notice prior to the scheduled meeting. Contact the CESEC at sara.self-maddox@dpi.nc.gov or Sara Self Maddox, Office of Exceptional Children, 6356 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6356 or (984) 236-2574

Click here to view upcoming meetings and learn more (September date not yet added)