[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6292 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6292

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
     local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, 
information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's 
               specialized instructional support persons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2008

Mr. Heller of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
     local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, 
information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's 
               specialized instructional support persons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Parents' Right to Know Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSON.

    Section 1111(h)(6) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                inserting ``and specialized instructional support 
                persons'' after ``teachers'';
                    (B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) Whether State qualification and 
                        licensing criteria have been met by--
                                    ``(I) the teacher for the grade 
                                levels and subject areas in which the 
                                teacher provides instruction; or
                                    ``(II) the specialized 
                                instructional support person for the 
                                services described in subparagraph (D) 
                                which the specialized instructional 
                                support person provides.'';
                    (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or the 
                specialized instructional support person is providing 
                the services described in subparagraph (D)'' after 
                ``teaching''; and
                    (D) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or specialized 
                instructional support person'' after ``teacher'' each 
                place it appears; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `specialized instructional support person' means a 
                school counselor, school social worker, school 
                psychologist, or other qualified professional involved 
                in providing assessment, diagnosis, counseling, 
                educational, therapeutic, or other services (including 
                related services as that term is defined in section 602 
                of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1401)) as part of a comprehensive program to 
                meet student needs.''.
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