Special Education

Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Student Empowerment Act [HB-605] [Education ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to be paid from a 529 account.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Introduced In House on 01/28/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2022 [HB-604] [Education ] [Construction ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Committee On Ways And Means Discharged. on 12/16/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Put School Counselors Where They’re Needed Act [HB-614] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ]
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in troubled title I schools to reduce the dropout rate.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alan S. Lowenthal Introduced In House on 01/28/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

State Child Welfare System - Reporting [SB-592] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Human Services ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and the Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education to publish each report on its website within 30 days after submission to the General Assembly; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley Approved By The Governor - Chapter 316 on 05/18/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Save Education Jobs Act [HB-542] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Economic Development ]
To authorize the establishment of an Education Jobs Fund to retain and create education jobs in communities most impacted by COVID-19, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Introduced In House on 01/28/2021

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US Congress 117th Congress

Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2021 [S.96] [Education ] [Construction ] [Infrastructure ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
A bill to provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S200-201) on 01/28/2021

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US Congress 117th Congress

Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers Act Keep Our PACT Act [S.72] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
A bill to require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/27/2021

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US Congress 117th Congress

Student Empowerment Act [S.44] [Education ] [Taxes ] [Children and Youth ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to be paid from a 529 account.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Sasse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/26/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Special Education – Individualized Education Programs – Educational Evaluations [HB-716] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Altering the circumstances under which a parent may request an independent educational evaluation of a child with a disability at public expense to include a parent who submits a certain request to a local school system and the local school system does not respond within 30 days after the date the request was made or, on approval and under certain circumstances, the educational evaluation meeting does not occur within 60 days after the date the request was received, or 90 days if the State is under a proclaimed state of emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 05/18/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Special Education - Education and Vocational Services - Prolonged School Closure [HB-724] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education to offer and provide to certain disabled and special education students whose schools are subject to a prolonged school closure an option to continue attending school or receiving education services after the student's anticipated graduation date; requiring a county board to provide a notice to the parents or guardians of eligible students about a student's option to continue attending school or receiving certain education services; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Hearing 2/12 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/29/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Special Education - Learning Continuity Plan - Requirement [HB-714] [Disabilities ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring an individualized education program to include a learning continuity plan to be implemented for students with disabilities during emergency conditions beginning October 1, 2021; requiring an individualized education program team to develop a learning continuity plan; requiring, within 10 days after a determination that emergency conditions exist, a certain team to attempt to notify the parents or guardian of a certain child that a learning continuity plan is in place; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 05/18/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices [HB-715] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to install at least one video recording device in each self-contained special education classroom; requiring video recording devices to record self-contained special education classrooms and exclusion areas during school hours and during any time that the classroom or exclusion area is in use; prohibiting the use of a video recording device in bathrooms or in areas that students use to change clothing; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Hearing 2/10 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/27/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Schools; individualized education programs; compliance [HB-2536] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Schools; individualized education programs; compliance

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer L. Longdon Introduced In House And Read First Time on 05/24/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications [HB-597] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education to govern the licensing and operation of child care centers to include provisions that establish certain qualifications for probationary employment for an individual applying for the first time to be a child care teacher in a certain child care center in the State; requiring a child care center at the end of a 6-month probationary period to terminate or reassign an individual who has not completed the required pre-service training; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 05/18/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications [SB-436] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education to govern the licensing and operation of child care centers to include provisions that establish certain qualifications for probationary employment for an individual applying for the first time to be a child care teacher in a certain child care center in the State; requiring a child care center to terminate or reassign a certain individual at the end of a 6-month probationary period if the individual has not completed the required pre-service training; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 05/18/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Special Education - Individualized Education Programs - Educational Evaluations [SB-371] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Altering the circumstances under which a parent may request an independent educational evaluation of a child with a disability at public expense to include a parent who submits a certain request to a local school system and the local school system does not respond within 30 days after the date the request was made or, on approval and under certain circumstances, the educational evaluation meeting does not occur within 60 days after the date the request was received, or 90 days if the State is under a proclaimed state of emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters Approved By The Governor - Chapter 246 on 05/18/2021

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State (Utah)
Utah 2021 General Session

Students with Disabilities Amendments [HB-105] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Students with Disabilities Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael S. Kennedy Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/05/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Alternative assessment study committee [SB-1028] [Education ]
Alternative assessment study committee

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy K. Barto Transmitted To Governor on 03/18/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Public Schools - Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video [HB-192] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to install at least one video recording device in each special education classroom; requiring video recording devices to record special education classrooms and exclusion areas during school hours and during any time that the classroom or exclusion area is in use; prohibiting the use of a video recording device in bathrooms or in areas that students use to change clothing; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

State Child Welfare System - Reporting [HB-258] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Human Services ]
Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly and Department of Human Services certain information regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the Department of Education to publish each report on its website within 30 days after submission to the General Assembly; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 05/18/2021

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