Section 8-60-1 - Purposes and scope(a) The purposes of this chapter are: (1) To ensure that all students with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living;(2) To ensure that the rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected;(3) To assist public schools in the provision of the education of all students with disabilities;(4) To assess and ensure the effectiveness of efforts to educate students with disabilities;(5) To strengthen the role of parents;(6) To encourage whole-school approaches and pre-referral intervention to reduce the need to label students as disabled in order to address their learning needs;(7) To encourage high expectations for students with a disability and to improve and increase educational achievement; and(8) To encourage all students with a disability to develop skills needed to lead a self- determined life.(b) This chapter shall be construed as supplemental to, and in the context of, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. section 1400 et seq.; 34 C.F.R. sections 300.1 et seq.) and other federal laws and regulations relating to the provision of a free appropriate public education to a student with a disability.[Eff 11/23/09] (Auth: 20 U.S.C. 1412; HRS § 302A-1112) (Imp: HRS §§ 302A-1112, 302A-436; 34 C.F.R. §300.2 )