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Special Education Law (Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) (Extension of Entitlement), 5784-2023

חוק חינוך מיוחד (הוראת שעה – חרבות ברזל) (הארכת זכאות), תשפ"ד-2023

Published: 2023-11-14Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2023-11-15 · Last amended 2023-11-14✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Extension of entitlement to special education services – temporary provision§

1.
(a)
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of the Special Education Law, 5748-1988 (hereinafter – the Special Education Law), a pupil with special needs for whom entitlement to special education services was determined by a decision of an entitlement and characterisation committee or by a decision of an appeals committee given in one of the school years 5781 to 5783 (hereinafter – the pupil), shall be entitled to special education services also in one additional school year beyond the school years to which the decision applies; for this purpose, the entitlement period determined in the decision shall be regarded as a period of four years for all intents and purposes, and during that period the head of an educational institution shall be exempt from bringing the pupil's matter before a further hearing;
(2)Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) derogates from the provisions of section 10(b) of the Special Education Law with respect to the holding of a further hearing in the pupil's matter.
(b)The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a pupil whose first year of entitlement is 5783 or 5784 and three years have elapsed since the previous decision in the pupil's matter, and in the following school year the pupil is expected to move from compulsory kindergarten for age five to primary school, from primary school to middle school, from primary school to high school, or from middle school to high school.
(c)The provisions of this Section shall not apply with respect to a pupil who has completed the pupil's course of study in the education system.
(d)The Ministry of Education shall notify, as far as possible, the parents of pupils of the extension of entitlement to special education services under this Law within one month from the day of commencement of this Law; the notice shall specify the period of extension of entitlement, the right to request a further hearing in the pupil's matter, and the manner of submitting a request for a further hearing.
(e)Every term in this Law shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Special Education Law.

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