Section 519 - Training program(a) In order to best understand the educational and legal issues involved in special education due process hearings, each member of a charter school board of directors must receive training at the beginning of that member's term on a charter school board concerning special education due process hearings. The Department of Education through regulations shall establish the criteria, material, and method of such training program. The training must be offered virtually at least twice a year. Delivery of the training may be delegated outside the Department of Education.(b) The president of a charter school board of directors shall inform each newly elected or appointed member of the board of directors of the obligation to complete training under subsection (a) of this section. By January 15 each year, the president of a charter school board of directors shall send a letter to any board member who has not completed the training required under this section by January 1 following the board member's election or appointment.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 522,s 3, eff. 11/1/2024.