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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 6883

AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 13, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) establish an Office of Transition Services and an Office of Mediation Services within the Department of Education, (2) increase the age until which a student can receive special education services from twenty-one to twenty-two, (3) allow translators to attend planning and placement team meetings and for the individualized education program and other documents to be translated to the primary language of the student or family, (4) require coordination with agencies that provide programs for adults when a student turns fourteen years old, (5) require the publication of a plain language resource explaining the process for hearing complaints and of the decisions made from complaint hearings, (6) require the Department of Education to conduct random audits of special education programs, and (7) require the development of educator in-service training on the laws governing planning and placement team meetings.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Mitch Bolinsky

Its course

March 9 to April 13, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 9 to Apr 13 · stopped35 days

Education CommitteeMar 9 to Mar 2415 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 9 – Mar 24

  1. Mar 9Introduced and sent to Education Committee
  2. Mar 10Heard in Education Committee
  3. Mar 24Education Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Mar 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 24Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 13FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 13HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses