Bill Text: IA SF316 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requesting the establishment of a special education interim study committee. (Formerly SF 206.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Amendment H-8005 filed. H.J. 213. [SF316 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF316-Introduced.html
Senate File 316 - Introduced SENATE FILE 316 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 206) A BILL FOR An Act requesting the establishment of a special education 1 interim study committee. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1788SV (2) 88 kh/jh
S.F. 316 Section 1. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE —— SPECIAL EDUCATION. 1 1. The legislative council is requested to establish an 2 interim study committee to study and make recommendations 3 relating to special education program requirements and outcomes 4 for students with individualized education programs. 5 2. The study committee shall review state and federal 6 laws relating to students with individualized education 7 programs (IEPs); shall determine the ways in which inclusion 8 requirements and least restrictive environment placements 9 affect the classroom, including but not limited to the teaching 10 staff, teacher retention, teacher professional development, 11 and student and peer outcomes when children requiring special 12 education are placed in a general education classroom; shall 13 review evidence-based practices and strategies by which schools 14 and teachers can best accommodate students with IEPs who have 15 severe emotional, social, and behavioral problems; shall 16 develop or identify strategies designed to improve outcomes 17 for children requiring special education; and shall develop 18 or identify a graduated process for the transfer of a child 19 requiring special education from a self-contained classroom to 20 a general education classroom. 21 3. The study committee shall receive input from, at a 22 minimum, the department of education, the area education 23 agencies, school administrators, special education teachers, 24 general education teachers, mental health professionals with 25 experience in children’s mental health, parents of children 26 requiring special education and parents of children who do not 27 require special education, and boards of directors of school 28 districts. 29 4. The study committee shall submit a report with its 30 findings and recommendations to the general assembly and to 31 each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before 32 December 18, 2020. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 1788SV (2) 88 kh/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 316 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill requests the legislative council to establish 2 an interim study committee to study and make recommendations 3 relating to special education program requirements and outcomes 4 for students with individualized education programs (IEPs). 5 The study committee shall review state and federal laws; 6 shall determine the ways in which inclusion requirements and 7 placements affect classrooms, teachers, and student and peer 8 outcomes when children requiring special education are placed 9 in a general education classroom; shall review evidence-based 10 practices and strategies by which schools and teachers can 11 best accommodate students with IEPs who have severe emotional, 12 social, and behavioral problems; shall develop or identify 13 strategies designed to improve outcomes for children requiring 14 special education; and shall develop or identify a graduated 15 process for the transfer of a child requiring special education 16 from a self-contained classroom to a general education 17 classroom. 18 The study committee shall receive input from, at a minimum, 19 the department of education, the area education agencies, 20 and the boards of directors of school districts; school 21 administrators; special education teachers; general education 22 teachers; parents of children requiring special education and 23 parents whose children do not require special education; and 24 mental health professionals with experience in children’s 25 mental health. 26 The study committee shall submit a report with its findings 27 and recommendations to the general assembly and to each member 28 of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before December 18, 29 2020. 30 -2- LSB 1788SV (2) 88 kh/jh 2/ 2
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