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Requesting the establishment of a special education interim study committee
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: SF 206
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 12, 201949–0
- Done: House committeeMarch 25, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requests the legislative council to establish an interim study committee to study and make recommendations relating to special education program requirements and outcomes for students with individualized education programs (IEPs). The study committee shall review state and federal laws; shall determine the ways in which inclusion requirements and placements affect classrooms, teachers, and student and peer outcomes when children requiring special education are placed in a general education classroom; shall review evidence-based practices and strategies by which schools and teachers can best accommodate students with IEPs who have severe emotional, social, and behavioral problems; shall develop or identify strategies designed to improve outcomes for children requiring special education; and shall develop or identify a graduated process for the transfer of a child requiring special education from a self-contained classroom to a general education classroom.
Read the full explanation
The study committee shall receive input from, at a minimum, the department of education, the area education agencies, and the boards of directors of school districts; school administrators; special education teachers; general education teachers; parents of children requiring special education and parents whose children do not require special education; and mental health professionals with experience in children’s mental health. The study committee shall submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the general assembly and to each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before December 18, 2020.
House subcommittee
Named January 27, 2020. On February 4, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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