Substitute for Raised S.B. No. 1200
Session Year 2023
 


AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

To (1) exclude certain federal funds from the calculation of net current expenditures per pupil for purposes of the excess cost grant, (2) permit the provision of dual instruction as part of remote learning if required by a student's IEP, (3) extend and expand the charge of the special education task force, (4) give parents the right to have an interpreter present at a planning and placement team meeting, (5) prohibit charter schools from requiring disclosure of special education needs on enrollment applications or as part of the criteria used for the holding of enrollment lotteries, (6) prohibit the use of seclusion in schools and make other revisions to the laws governing physical restraint, (7) extend the school-based health center expansion grant program, (8) require the Department of Education to post all decisions and corrective actions regarding special education complaints, and (9) protect school employees from discipline for making recommendations for accommodations under 504 Plans.

Introduced by:
Education Committee

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Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 5/9/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 5/9/2023No New File by Committee on Appropriations
 5/9/2023(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/8/2023(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/8/2023(APP)Joint Favorable
 5/4/2023Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
 4/13/2023(LCO)File Number 570
 4/13/2023Senate Calendar Number 342
 4/13/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/13/2023(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/6/2023(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 5:00 PM
 3/27/2023(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/24/2023(ED)Joint Favorable Substitute
 3/10/2023Public Hearing 03/15
 3/9/2023Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Co-sponsors of SB-1200

Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, 106th Dist.
Rep. Hector Arzeno, 151st Dist.
Rep. Brandon Chafee, 33rd Dist.
Sen. Heather S. Somers, 18th Dist.

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