3.0.0 528 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z Senate S 2015-02-12 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-12T22:56:06Z 2015-02-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-02-12 True Education Academic performance and assessments Disability and paralysis Elementary and secondary education Special education Education 00 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-14T21:51:14Z Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act

Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state that elects to use alternate academic achievement standards for students that have the most significant cognitive disabilities to:

  • establish and monitor the implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized education program (IEP) teams to apply in determining, on an annual and subject-by-subject basis, when a child's significant cognitive disability justifies assessment using alternate standards;
  • ensure that the parents of students the state plans to assess using alternate assessments are involved in, and provide informed consent to, the decision to apply such alternate standards;
  • provide evidence that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are making progress in the general curriculum for the grade in which the students are enrolled and in assessments aligned with that curriculum;
  • develop and promote the use of reasonable accommodations to increase the number of such students participating in grade-level academic instruction and assessments aligned with grade-level academic standards;
  • promote the use of such accommodations to increase the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who are tested against grade-level academic achievement standards;
  • ensure that general and special education teachers and other appropriate staff know how to administer assessments for disabled students;
  • require separate annual determinations about whether a student should be assessed using an alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards for each subject assessed; and
  • ensure that students who take such alternate assessments are not precluded from attempting to complete the state requirements for a regular secondary school diploma.

Prohibits states from using any student's IEP in the state accountability system.

Requires states' annual report cards to: (1) include the number and percentage of disabled students who take the alternate assessments; and (2) break that information down by grade and subject matter and by the disability categories described in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

]]> Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act Display Title Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the requirements regarding alternate standards and assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s528is/xml/BILLS-114s528is.xml 2015-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.