New opportunities are available for students with special health care needs requiring specialized technological health care procedures for life support and/or health support, and attention to appropriate educational programs is required. Guidelines proposed by the Council for Exceptional Children's Ad Hoc Committee on Medically Fragile Students focus on nine issues: determining eligibility for special education services; providing related and noneducational services; assuring equal access to appropriate educational settings in the least restrictive environment; promoting a safe learning environment for all students and professionals; assuring that health care services are delivered by appropriately trained personnel; establishing support systems for staff, students, and families; including information about students' specialized health care needs in professional education programs; providing appropriate and safe transportation; and promoting research that assesses current and future service delivery models. An amendment to the Council's policies modifies Chapter (8) by adding a new section (8) 322, incorporating the proposed guidelines for students with special health care needs. Appended is a reprint of an article by Barbara Sirvis titled "Students with Special Health Care Needs," from the summer 1988 issue of "Teaching Exceptional Children." (JDD)