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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1570 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require notifica- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tion with respect to individualized education program teams, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | OUCHIN(for herself and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
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| 15 | 15 | | to require notification with respect to individualized edu- |
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| 16 | 16 | | cation program teams, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empowering Families 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | in Special Education Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IEP TEAMS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Disabil-7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(1)(B)) is amend-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ed— 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Mar 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1570.IH H1570 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1570 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in clause (iv), by redesignating subclauses 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respec-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tively (and by conforming the margins accordingly); 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | subclauses (I) through (VII), respectively (and by 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | conforming the margins accordingly); 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as so 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | redesignated, by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the following: 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | N GENERAL.—The term’’; and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(ii) N |
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| 42 | 42 | | OTIFICATION REQUIRED .— 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Within a reasonable timeframe prior to the 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | first convening of the individualized edu-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cation program team for a child with a dis-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ability for a school year, the local edu-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | cational agency that serves such child shall 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | notify the parent of such child that such 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | parent may, under clause (i)(VI), include 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | other individuals who have knowledge or 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | special expertise regarding the child, in-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | cluding related services personnel as appro-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | priate, as part of the individualized edu-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cation program team.’’. 24 |
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