Special Education

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Public Schools – Self–Contained Special Education Classroom – Use of Video Recording Devices [SB-577] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Disabilities ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring each county board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to install a video recording device in each self-contained special education classroom; providing for the installation, operation, notification, and use of a video recording device and the viewing, use, and confidentiality of system recordings; requiring the school administration to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency on receipt of a complaint of alleged neglect or abuse of a student under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Public Schools - Standardized Behavioral Health Questionnaire for Students - Development and Implementation [HB-657] [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 that the questionnaire be given to the parent or guardian of each student when the student enrolls for school and every year thereafter; and requiring each behavioral health services coordinator to develop and implement a certain standardized behavioral health questionnaire.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Neely Shoemaker Hearing 4/05 At 1:15 P.m. on 04/05/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Local School Systems - Equivalent Access Standards - Digital Tools (Equivalent and Nonvisual Access Accountability Act for K-12 Education) [HB-547] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Disabilities ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a local school system to provide equivalent access to digital tools for students with disabilities, including developing, purchasing, and providing digital tools that are directly connected to student instruction; requiring a local school system to establish a process to evaluate a certain digital tool for equivalent access and nonvisual access by a certain employee or contractor of the school system; providing certain civil penalties for a vendor who fails to meet the equivalent access standards; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein Referred Rules on 04/09/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board - Composition and Regulations [HB-512] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the composition of the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board by adding a member of the Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities; and requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop for consideration rules and regulations to attract and provide certification to teachers from groups historically underrepresented in the teaching profession.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton Approved By The Governor - Chapter 210 on 04/21/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

Special Education Amendments [SB-134] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Special Education Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Curtis S. Bramble Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Prince George's County Board of Education - Workgroup, Alterations, and Orientation Requirement PG 503-22 [HB-355] [Education ] [Elections ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Membership and Operation of the Prince George's County Board of Education to study and make recommendations regarding implementation of an electoral process for an all-elected Board, appropriate compensation, and an appropriate phase-in period for changes to Board composition; altering the composition of the Board beginning July 1, 2024, by removing four appointed members; requiring the Board chair and vice chair be elected from among the members beginning December 5, 2022; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 217 on 04/21/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Education - Educational Interpreter - Certification Requirements [SB-370] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop regulations for the certification of educational interpreters on or before July 1, 2023; providing that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may not be denied the right to receive certain credentials or a contract for work for which the individual is otherwise qualified and capable of performing because the individual is deaf or hard of hearing; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Student Data Privacy - Protections, Digital Tools, and Student Data Privacy Council [SB-325] [Education ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Children and Youth ]
Altering the definitions of "covered information", "operator", "persistent unique identifier", and "targeted advertising" to provide increased protections for certain student data; establishing the Student Data Privacy Council; and requiring the Council to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on best practices for student data privacy protection for parents and guardians of students in the State.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/21/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

Students with Disabilities Funding Amendments [SB-118] [Education ] [Funding ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Students with Disabilities Funding Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/04/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

Special Education Licensing Amendments [SB-103] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Special Education Licensing Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Derrin R. Owens Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classroom Video Recording Pilot Program [HB-226] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Health ] [Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Self-Contained Special Education Classroom Video Recording Pilot Program for selected public school classrooms in which all of the regularly attending students have a disability and are in that classroom for at least 50% of the instructional day; requiring certain public schools to allow the installation of a video recording device in a certain classroom; requiring notification of the appropriate law enforcement agency on receipt of a complaint of alleged neglect or abuse of a student; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2022

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2022 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 Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

Students with Disabilities Funding Revisions [HB-113] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Children and Youth ]
Students with Disabilities Funding Revisions

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2022

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State (Utah)
Utah 2022 General Session

Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program Amendments [SB-62] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Schultz Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/23/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Education – Educational Interpreter – Certification Requirements [HB-37] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Board of Education and the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to develop regulations for the certification of educational interpreters on or before July 1, 2023; providing that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing may not be denied the right to receive certain credentials or a contract for work for which the individual is otherwise qualified and capable of performing because the individual is deaf or hard of hearing; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/18/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Baltimore County Board of Education - Members - Training and Student Member Voting [HB-192] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring the executive leadership of the Baltimore County public school system to develop a curriculum for budget training for members of the Baltimore County Board of Education by December 31, 2022; requiring each member of the county board to complete the training within 2 months of the member's election or appointment in order to vote on budgetary matters; and authorizing the student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education to vote on capital and operating budget matters.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/27/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

EDUCATORS for America Act [S.3360] [Education ]
A bill to reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S9096) on 12/09/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

EDUCATORS for America Act [HB-6205] [Education ]
To reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E1353) on 12/09/2021

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State (Maine)
Maine 130th Legislature

Resolve, Regarding MaineCare Funding for Maine Schools [HB-1775] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Resolve, Regarding MaineCare Funding for Maine Schools

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Teresa S. Pierce Finally Passed, In Concurrence. on 04/11/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

A resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2021 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month". [SR-430] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
A resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2021 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 10/27/2021

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