HB2011--PARENTALCONSENT
SPONSOR: Smith(155)
Thisbillrequirespublicschoolsandanypoliticalsubdivisionof
thestatethatservesstudentswithanindividualized education
programor"IEP"toimplementparentalconsentprocedures. Written
parentalconsentshallbeobtainedandmaintainedforinitial
placement,annualplacement,orrevisiontoastudent'sIEP.
Iftheparentsandlocaleducationalagency(LEA)onlyreachan
agreementoncertainIEPservicesorinterimplacement,thechild's
newIEPshallbeimplementedintheareasofagreementandthe
child'slastagreed-uponIEPshallremainineffectintheareasof
disagreementuntilthedisagreementisresolved. Ifachildis
identifiedaseligibleforspecialeducationserves,theparents
havetherighttoobserveanyprogramproposedfortheirchild.
TheDepartmentofElementaryandSecondaryEducationshalladopta
parentalconsentform,asdescribedinthebill,thateachschool
districtshallprovidetoparents,anddistrictsmaynotproceed
withimplementation ofastudent'sIEPwithouttheparentalconsent
formcompletedexceptasprovidedinthebill.