1. (a) The state board, in consultation with the state advisory council for special education, shall:

   1. (1) Prescribe guidelines for the selection of persons for appointment as education advocates and for the exercise of their authorized powers, duties and functions;
   2. (2) establish standards and criteria for qualification of persons for appointment as education advocates; and
   3. (3) provide for special training programs with respect to the powers, duties and functions of parents.
2. (b) Parents who are education advocates shall, and all other parents may, participate in the special training programs provided for under provision (3) of subsection (a).

L. 1985, ch. 237, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 268, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 116, § 5; July 1.