SB220
Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Special education and related services.
Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each ... (More) local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and a data system component and (b) develop and publish a data dashboard for the annual public reporting of state-level, division-level, and school-level special education data; (ii) each local school board to designate a faculty member to serve as a special education parent/family liaison to be a resource to parents and families to understand and engage in the referral, evaluation, reevaluation, and eligibility process if they suspect that their child has a disability and in the IEP process; and (iii) the Parent Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated pursuant to relevant federal law to establish special education family support centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each be staffed by a regional special education family liaison employed by such center, coordinate with the designated special education parent/family liaisons in the local school divisions in the region, develop and implement outreach and support to parents of children with disabilities in its region, and track and report to the State Parent Ombudsman for Special Education data on questions and concerns raised by parents. This bill is identical to HB 1089. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104579D
- 01/08/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
- 02/01/2024 - Senate: Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106394D-S1
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107610D-S2
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24106394D-S1
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107610D-S2
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB220S2
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/15/2024 - House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/20/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB220S2)
- 02/21/2024 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107845D-H1
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB220H1)
- 02/23/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/26/2024 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/2024 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/28/2024 - House: Floor substitute printed 24108413D-H2 (Coyner)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Read third time
- 02/28/2024 - House: Committee substitute rejected 24107845D-H1
- 02/28/2024 - House: Substitute by Delegate Coyner agreed to 24108413D-H2
- 02/28/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB220H2
- 02/28/2024 - House: Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Title replaced 24108413D-H2
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB220H2)
- 03/06/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB220ER)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB220ER)
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 502 (effective - see bill)
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)
