The Special Education Act Article 35

Schools of higher education level shall develop and implement special education programs for students with disabilities, set up specific units in charge of special education, resource classrooms, and specific personnel, and recruit as well as employ related specific personnel based on actual needs; the regulations of specific units and resource classroom duties, establishment and personnel staffing, recruitment, and other relevant matters shall be determined by the central competent authority.In order to improve the integration of internal and external resources in schools of higher education level and promote the efficiency of cross-unit co-ordination, when a certain number or ratio of students with disabilities in colleges and universities is reached, the central authority shall encourage colleges and universities to establish special education resource centers; the number or ratio shall be announced by the central competent authority.Individualized support plans to meet students’ needs shall be developed in colleges and universities; related teaching personnel, administrators, the student with disability, and student’s delegate or actual caregiver shall be invited to participate in the development of said plans.Individualized support plans for students with disabilities shall be developed no later than one month after the course selection and withdrawal deadline.The individualized support plans in the previous paragraph shall be reviewed at least once per semester.In order to enhance the special education competence of the related specific personnel in paragraph one in this Article to develop individualized support plans, the central authority shall provide in-service training and assistance with related supportive services for the related specific personnel in colleges and universities.