Special Education

State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)

Qualified schools; special education; enforcement [SB-1498] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Qualified schools; special education; enforcement

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Pawlik Introduced In Senate And Read First Time on 07/31/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act) [HB-448] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations to ensure that children with disabilities who need special education and related services that cannot be provided in a public county, regional, or State program be placed in an appropriate nonpublic educational program that offers these services; requiring the State and certain counties to pay for costs of salaries for teachers at certain nonpublic schools in a certain amount and proportion; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman Approved By The Governor - Chapter 648 on 05/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Children With Disabilities - Special Education Services - Eligibility [HB-469] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ] [Education ]
Extending the eligibility for a child with a disability to receive special education and related services through the child's 16th year of school.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Nonpublic Education - Placements of Children With Disabilities - Teacher Salaries (Teacher Pay Parity Act) [SB-311] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations to ensure that children with disabilities who need special education and related services that cannot be provided in a public county, regional, or State program be placed in an appropriate nonpublic educational program that offers these services; requiring the State and certain counties to pay for costs of salaries for teachers at certain nonpublic schools in a certain amount and proportion; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Baltimore City and Baltimore County – Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities – Burden of Proof [HB-381] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners or the Baltimore County Board of Education, as applicable, to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in Baltimore City or Baltimore County except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Howard County – Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities – Burden of Proof Ho. Co. 2–23 [HB-373] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in Howard County except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

County Boards of Education - Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities - Burden of Proof [HB-294] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in the county in which the county board is located, except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/20/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-265] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports to develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, guidelines for developing a standardized behavioral health questionnaire to identify students with behavioral health services needs; requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a standardized behavioral health questionnaire based on the guidelines developed by the Consortium; and requiring that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student at certain times.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Baltimore County and Frederick County - Career Activities in Public High Schools - Sale of Coffee by Students With Individualized Education Programs [HB-222] [Education ] [Food ] [Small Business ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an Executive Branch agency from banning or regulating the sale of coffee in conjunction with a career exploration and development activity created for or organized by students with individualized education programs in a public high school in Baltimore County or Frederick County; and repealing a certain exception that prohibited the sale of coffee in certain public high schools in Baltimore County except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Baltimore County Board of Education - Student Member - Voting and Training [HB-175] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education to vote on capital and operating budget matters; requiring certain members of the county board and the executive leadership of the Baltimore County public school system to develop a certain draft curriculum for budget training for student members of the county board and submit the draft curriculum to the county board for review; and requiring each student member of the board to complete the budget training within 2 months of the student's election to the board.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole Approved By The Governor - Chapter 785 on 05/16/2023

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State (Utah)
Utah 2023 General Session

Teacher Parental and Postpartum Recovery Leave [HB-229] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Teacher Parental and Postpartum Recovery Leave

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Garff Ballard House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/03/2023

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State (Maine)
Maine 131st Legislature

An Act Regarding Special Education Funding for So-called Minimum Receiver School Administration Units [HB-154] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
An Act Regarding Special Education Funding for So-called Minimum Receiver School Administration Units

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca J. Millett Carried Over, In The Same Posture, To Any Special Session Of The 131st Legislature, Pursuant To Joint Order Hp 1482. on 05/10/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Children's Services Act; placement for purposes of special education programs. [SB-1023] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Expands eligibility for services under the Children's Services Act to students who transfer from an approved private school special education program to a public school special education program established and funded jointly by a local governing body and school division located within Planning District 16 (George Washington Regional) for the purpose of providing special education and related services when (i) the public school special education program is able to provide services comparable to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart Stricken At Request Of Patron In Education And Health (11-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Harford County - Due Process Proceedings for Children With Disabilities - Burden of Proof [HB-120] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Harford County Board of Education to bear the burden of proof in due process proceedings that initiate from a due process complaint regarding the provision of special education services or a program for a child with disabilities in Harford County except under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith Hearing 1/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/12/2023

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State (Utah)
Utah 2023 General Session

Interventions for Reading Difficulties Program Amendments [HB-182] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Interventions for Reading Difficulties Program Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Don L. Ipson Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/14/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Public high schools; identification of faculty member responsible for spec. education transitioning. [SB-943] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Public high schools; special education; identification of faculty member responsible for school transition planning and coordination. Requires each public high school in the Commonwealth to publicly identify on its official website the faculty member responsible for special education transition planning and coordination at such high school.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave W. Marsden Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 281 (effective 7/1/23) on 03/22/2023

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State (Maine)
Maine 131st Legislature

An Act to Update the Special Education Laws [HB-98] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
An Act to Update the Special Education Laws

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael F. Brennan On Motion By Senator Rotundo Of Androscoggin Taken From The Special Appropriations Table. on 07/25/2023

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State (Maine)
Maine 131st Legislature

An Act to Ensure a High-quality Education for Students with Disabilities by Clarifying the Definition of "State Agency Client" and Who Provides Special Education Programs and Services [HB-79] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
An Act to Ensure a High-quality Education for Students with Disabilities by Clarifying the Definition of "State Agency Client" and Who Provides Special Education Programs and Services

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lydia V. Crafts On Motion By Senator Rotundo Of Androscoggin Taken From The Special Appropriations Table. on 07/25/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Special education and related services; certain deadlines. [HB-1492] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Board of Education; special education and related services; certain evaluation deadlines. Requires the Board of Education to amend certain regulations to permit local educational agencies to shorten the deadline of 65 business days from the date of receipt of referral for an initial evaluation or a reevaluation of a child to determine eligibility for special education and related services. Board of Education; special education and related services; certain evaluation deadlines. Requires the Board of Education to amend certain regulations to permit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn R. Davis Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 4 (effective 7/1/23) on 03/16/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

Children's Services Act; special education programs. [SB-356] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Disabilities ]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Expands eligibility for services under the Children's Services Act to students who transfer from an approved private school special education program to a public school special education program established and funded jointly by a local governing body and school division located within Planning District 16 (George Washington Regional) for the purpose of providing special education and related services when (i) the public school special education program is able to provide services comparable to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022

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