Bill > HB07353

This bill addresses various issues relating to the provision of special education in the state. The key provisions include: 1. Prohibiting local or regional boards of education from disciplining, suspending, terminating, or punishing any member of a planning and placement team who discusses or makes recommendations concerning the provision of special education and related services for a child. 2. Establishing a working group to study issues relating to the provision of special education and related services during the period when a child is no longer eligible for the birth-to-three program and is not yet enrolled in kindergarten. 3. Requiring the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Department of Education, to revise school security and safety plan standards to include provisions for emergency communication plans for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or both blind or visually impaired and deaf. 4. Requiring the Department of Education to establish a working group on language assessment for students identified as deaf, hard of hearing, or both blind or visually impaired and deaf. 5. Requiring local or regional boards of education to provide electronic notice to parents or guardians when a student is identified as gifted and talented. 6. Revising the responsibilities of school districts and interdistrict magnet schools regarding the provision of special education and related services for students attending interdistrict magnet schools. 7. Requiring the IEP Advisory Council to conduct a study on the authorization of private therapists to provide special education and related services directly to students at school during the regular school day. 8. Requiring private providers of special education services to inform local or regional boards of education about complaints received, the resolution or outcome of such complaints, and any programming or service changes for students as a result of a complaint.

Education

Education Committee (Joint)

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