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Senate File 206 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1requesting the establishment of a special education
2interim study committee.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE — SPECIAL EDUCATION.
21. The legislative council is requested to establish an
3interim study committee to study and make recommendations
4relating to special education program requirements and outcomes
5for students with individualized education programs.
62. The study committee shall review state and federal
7laws relating to students with individualized education
8programs (IEPs); shall determine the ways in which inclusion
9requirements and least restrictive environment placements
10affect the classroom, including but not limited to the teaching
11staff, teacher retention, teacher professional development,
12and student and peer outcomes when children requiring special
13education are placed in a general education classroom; shall
14review evidence-based practices and strategies by which schools
15and teachers can best accommodate students with IEPs who have
16severe emotional, social, and behavioral problems; shall
17develop or identify strategies designed to improve outcomes
18for children requiring special education; and shall develop
19or identify a graduated process for the transfer of a child
20requiring special education from a self-contained classroom to
21a general education classroom.
223. The study committee shall receive input from, at a
23minimum, the department of education, the area education
24agencies, school administrators, special education teachers,
25general education teachers, mental health professionals with
26experience in children’s mental health, and boards of directors
27of school districts.
284. The study committee shall submit a report with its
29findings and recommendations to the general assembly and to
30each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before
31December 20, 2019.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill requests the legislative council to establish
-1-1an interim study committee to study and make recommendations
2relating to special education program requirements and outcomes
3for students with individualized education programs (IEPs).
4The study committee shall review state and federal laws;
5shall determine the ways in which inclusion requirements and
6placements affect classrooms, teachers, and student and peer
7outcomes when children requiring special education are placed
8in a general education classroom; shall review evidence-based
9practices and strategies by which schools and teachers can
10best accommodate students with IEPs who have severe emotional,
11social, and behavioral problems; shall develop or identify
12strategies designed to improve outcomes for children requiring
13special education; and shall develop or identify a graduated
14process for the transfer of a child requiring special education
15from a self-contained classroom to a general education
16classroom.
17The study committee shall receive input from, at a minimum,
18the department of education, the area education agencies,
19and the boards of directors of school districts; school
20administrators; special education teachers; general education
21teachers; and mental health professionals with experience in
22children’s mental health.
23The study committee shall submit a report with its findings
24and recommendations to the general assembly and to each member
25of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before December 20,
262019.
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2interim study committee.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE — SPECIAL EDUCATION.
21. The legislative council is requested to establish an
3interim study committee to study and make recommendations
4relating to special education program requirements and outcomes
5for students with individualized education programs.
62. The study committee shall review state and federal
7laws relating to students with individualized education
8programs (IEPs); shall determine the ways in which inclusion
9requirements and least restrictive environment placements
10affect the classroom, including but not limited to the teaching
11staff, teacher retention, teacher professional development,
12and student and peer outcomes when children requiring special
13education are placed in a general education classroom; shall
14review evidence-based practices and strategies by which schools
15and teachers can best accommodate students with IEPs who have
16severe emotional, social, and behavioral problems; shall
17develop or identify strategies designed to improve outcomes
18for children requiring special education; and shall develop
19or identify a graduated process for the transfer of a child
20requiring special education from a self-contained classroom to
21a general education classroom.
223. The study committee shall receive input from, at a
23minimum, the department of education, the area education
24agencies, school administrators, special education teachers,
25general education teachers, mental health professionals with
26experience in children’s mental health, and boards of directors
27of school districts.
284. The study committee shall submit a report with its
29findings and recommendations to the general assembly and to
30each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before
31December 20, 2019.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill requests the legislative council to establish
-1-1an interim study committee to study and make recommendations
2relating to special education program requirements and outcomes
3for students with individualized education programs (IEPs).
4The study committee shall review state and federal laws;
5shall determine the ways in which inclusion requirements and
6placements affect classrooms, teachers, and student and peer
7outcomes when children requiring special education are placed
8in a general education classroom; shall review evidence-based
9practices and strategies by which schools and teachers can
10best accommodate students with IEPs who have severe emotional,
11social, and behavioral problems; shall develop or identify
12strategies designed to improve outcomes for children requiring
13special education; and shall develop or identify a graduated
14process for the transfer of a child requiring special education
15from a self-contained classroom to a general education
16classroom.
17The study committee shall receive input from, at a minimum,
18the department of education, the area education agencies,
19and the boards of directors of school districts; school
20administrators; special education teachers; general education
21teachers; and mental health professionals with experience in
22children’s mental health.
23The study committee shall submit a report with its findings
24and recommendations to the general assembly and to each member
25of Iowa’s congressional delegation on or before December 20,
262019.
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