Special Education

Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act of 2021 [S.729] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
A bill to establish an Educational Equity Challenge Grant program administered by the Department of Education.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/11/2021

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US Congress 117th Congress

SCHOOL Act of 2021 Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2021 [HB-1770] [Education ] [Funding ] [Children and Youth ]
To allow Federal funds appropriated for kindergarten through grade 12 education to follow the student.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs Introduced In House on 03/10/2021

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SCHOOL Act of 2021 Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2021 [S.665] [Education ] [Funding ] [Children and Youth ]
A bill to allow Federal funds appropriated for kindergarten through grade 12 education to follow the student.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/10/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements [HB-1376] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to design a course of training in the pedagogy of virtual education for teacher preparation programs; requiring the State Department of Education to provide guidance to local school systems for professional development and support of certain persons to achieve certain virtual education best practice principles; establishing the Flip the Classroom Pilot Program to develop best practices related to inverted classroom and blended instructional models; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington Referred Rules on 04/08/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Nonpublic Special Education Schools - State Contribution - Increase [SB-958] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Requiring the State contribution to the cost of educating children with disabilities in nonpublic programs to be increased for certain purposes in fiscal year 2023 by 4% over the amount approved by the State Department of Education in fiscal year 2022; and requiring the State contribution to be increased in fiscal year 2023 by not less than an additional 2% or the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, whichever is greater, for certain purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 701 on 05/30/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Nonpublic Special Education Schools - State Contribution - Increase [HB-1365] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Requiring the State contribution to the cost of educating children with disabilities in nonpublic programs to be increased for certain purposes by 4% in fiscal year 2023 over the amount approved by the State Department of Education in fiscal year 2022; and requiring the State contribution to be increased in fiscal year 2023 by not less than an additional 2% or the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for certain purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 700 on 05/30/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021 [HB-1500] [Education ] [International ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on United States Agency for International Development basic education programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 07/12/2021

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Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2022 [S.552] [Education ] [International ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
A bill to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global basic education programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Menendez With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 07/21/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy. [HR-180] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Economic Development ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 05/18/2021

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy. [SR-85] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the duty of the Federal Government to dramatically expand and strengthen the care economy.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/01/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021 [S.385] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
A bill to improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/23/2021

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Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021 [HB-1241] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Introduced In House on 02/23/2021

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State (Utah)
Utah 2021 General Session

Intensive Services Pilot Program [HB-421] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Intensive Services Pilot Program

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/17/2021

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Teacher Diversity and Retention Act [HB-1197] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish the Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Introduced In House on 02/22/2021

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State (Maine)
Maine 130th Legislature

Resolve, To Improve the Individualized Education Program Process [HB-552] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Resolve, To Improve the Individualized Education Program Process

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca J. Millett In Possession Of The Senate When The Legislature Adjourned Sine Die And Was Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 05/09/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education – Repeating Previous Grade Level – Authorization (Education Recovery Act of 2021) [HB-1355] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
On request of the student, parent, or guardian, authorizing certain students, regardless of the student's age or whether the student had completed all promotion or graduation requirements for the grade level the student seeks to repeat for the 2021-2022 school year, to repeat the grade level they were in during the 2020-2021 school year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2021

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Federal
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Recognizing that the United States needs a Marshall Plan for Moms in order to revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce. [HR-121] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Economic Development ]
Recognizing that the United States needs a Marshall Plan for Moms in order to revitalize and restore mothers in the workforce.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 02/24/2021

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2021 Special I

Special education; Bd. of Education to amend certain regulation. [HB-2314] [Education ] [Disabilities ] [Children and Youth ]
Board of Education; regulations; special education; amendment. Requires the Board of Education to amend a certain regulation relating to special education to remove the word "component" following the word "evaluation," thereby ensuring compliance with the relevant federal regulation and clarifying that the parent of a child with a disability has the right to an independent educational evaluation at public expense if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the local educational agency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Martha M. Mugler Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0109) on 03/12/2021

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2021 Special I

Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. [HB-2299] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Department of Education and Board of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy B. Carr Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 451 (effective 7/1/21) on 03/30/2021

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2021 Special I

Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. [SB-1288] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Disabilities ]
Department of Education and Board of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan S. Dunnavant Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 452 (effective 7/1/21) on 03/30/2021

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