For the Citywide Council on Special Education, members will be selected by the President, Secretary and Treasurer of every Parent and Parent-Teacher Association (PA/PTA) from every citywide special education school. These three PA/PTA officers will be known as the “Parent Selectors.” There will be a citywide forum where the candidates for the Council on Special Education will have the opportunity to make presentations to the Parent Selectors, other parents and the community. Anyone attending these public meetings can submit written comments that will be shared with the Parent Selectors. Following these public meetings, each PA/PTA is strongly encouraged to hold membership meetings to obtain additional feedback on the candidates.
Each Parent Selector will receive a ballot with the names of all candidates listed in alphabetical order. Each Parent Selector will vote for any two candidates, and the nine candidates with the highest number of votes will be selected. Ballots will be submitted to an independent agent hired to manage and validate the selection process.