IMPROVING EDUCATION RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1350), H3480, H3510, H3512, H3513, H3514, H3517, H3519, H3521, H3525, H3526, H3527, H3528, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 1350), H2131 [19MR]

Enact (H.R. 1350): consideration (see H. Res. 206), H3450 [29AP]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3530 [30AP]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3530 [30AP]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.R. 1350, provisions, H3459 [30AP], E871 [6MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: conduct study to determine State compliance costs relative to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, H3530 [30AP]

Education: allow parents to determine appropriate educational facilities for each child in consultation with the Individualized Family Service Plan team, H3527, H3528 [30AP]

Enact (H.R. 1350), H3457, H3466-H3532 [30AP], H5383 [16JN], E527 [20MR], E847, E848, E851 [1MY], E906, E921 [9MY], E947 [14MY]

———consideration (H. Res. 206), H3458-H3466 [30AP]

———corrections in engrossment, H3532 [30AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: allow school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who violate a student code of conduct, H3476 [30AP]

———define a free public education as enabling disabled children to access the general curriculum, H3513, H3514 [30AP]

———define specific learning disability as a disorder due to a medically detectable and diagnosable physiological condition based on physical and scientific evidence, H3521, H3522 [30AP]

———determination of significant disproportionality relative to identification of children with disabilities, H3473, H3474 [30AP]

———ensure safe and drug-free learning environment for children with disabilities, H3525, H3526 [30AP]

———increase spending caps to adjust for inflation, H3513 [30AP]

———permit local school districts to issue vouchers to parents of disabled children in private schools for their child's specific special education needs, H3517-H3519 [30AP]

———permit States to design, develop, and implement customized educational programs for disabled students, H3476, H3477, H3514-H3517 [30AP]

———permit States to establish costs and risk-sharing funds, consortiums, and cooperatives to assist severly disabled students, H3511 [30AP]

———reduce paperwork for special education teachers, H3473, H3474, H3512 [30AP]

———require students be diagnosed by physicians or persons certified by a State health board to determine eligibility for benefits, H3519, H3520 [30AP]

———require that any additional Federal funding be passed directly to the local level, H3526, H3527 [30AP]

———train school safety personnel and first responders to recognize autism spectrum disorders, H3528, H3529 [30AP]

———use of priority grants to establish training programs for the early and appropriate identification of children with disabilities, H3529, H3530 [30AP]

Mental health: protect children and their parents from being coerced into administering psychotropic medication in order to attend school, H3457 [30AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1350, provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 108-79), H3450 [29AP]

Provisions: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1350) (H. Rept. 108-77), H3450 [29AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 206, consideration of H.R. 1350, provisions, H3458 [30AP]

H.R. 1350, provisions, H3480-H3510 [30AP]