Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School Programs. (a) The Board through the Commissioner of Education shall establish and provide such academic, career, early intervention, and technical programs as are appropriate and beneficial to the students and which shall serve the needs of the community. (b) The Board shall adopt and maintain programs to ensure that all students with disabilities have available to them a free, appropriate public education designed to meet each individual’s needs and to ensure that the educational rights of students with disabilities and their parents or guardians are ensured. Source: PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission inserted a comma after “Middle” in the section title pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).