[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3536

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require 
 notification with respect to individualized education program teams, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2023

   Mr. Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require 
 notification with respect to individualized education program teams, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Think Differently about Education 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IEP TEAMS.

    Section 614(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1414(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Notification required.--At the beginning of each 
        school year, each local educational agency, State educational 
        agency, or other State agency, as the case may be, shall notify 
        each parent of a child with a disability in the agency's 
        jurisdiction that such parent may, under paragraph (1)(B)(vi), 
        include individuals who have knowledge or special expertise 
        regarding the child, including related services personnel as 
        appropriate, as part of the individualized education program 
        team for such child.''.
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