[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1156 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1156

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 
                      pupil services instructors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2009

  Mr. Heller 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 
                      pupil services instructors.

    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 pupil services instructors'' 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 pupil services 
                                instructor for the instruction 
                                described in subparagraph (D) which the 
                                pupil services instructor provides.'';
                    (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, or the pupil 
                services instructor is providing the instruction 
                described in subparagraph (D),'' after ``teaching''; 
                and
                    (D) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or pupil 
                services instructor'' after ``teacher'' each place it 
                appears; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `pupil services instructor' means a qualified 
                professional who provides ongoing, direct instruction 
                to children with disabilities with individualized 
                education programs as defined in section 602 of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1401).''.
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