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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1200

AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 9, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) exclude certain federal funds from the calculation of net current expenditures per pupil for purposes of the excess cost grant, (2) permit the provision of dual instruction as part of remote learning if required by a student's IEP, (3) extend and expand the charge of the special education task force, (4) give parents the right to have an interpreter present at a planning and placement team meeting, (5) prohibit charter schools from requiring disclosure of special education needs on enrollment applications or as part of the criteria used for the holding of enrollment lotteries, (6) prohibit the use of seclusion in schools and make other revisions to the laws governing physical restraint, (7) extend the school-based health center expansion grant program, (8) require the Department of Education to post all decisions and corrective actions regarding special education complaints, and (9) protect school employees from discipline for making recommendations for accommodations under 504 Plans.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Heather S. Somers

In the House of Representatives

    3 co-sponsors

    Mitch Bolinsky, Hector Arzeno, Brandon Chafee

    Its course

    March 9 to May 9, 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 action15 actions on 9 days

    In the SenateMar 9 to May 9 · stopped61 days

    Education CommitteeMar 9 to Mar 2415 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 4 to May 84 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

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

    In the Senate Mar 9 – May 8

    1. Mar 9Introduced and sent to Education Committee
    2. Mar 10Heard in Education Committee
    3. Mar 24Education Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 4Sent to Appropriations Committee
    5. May 8Appropriations Committee recommended it
    All 15 actions, as published
    1. Mar 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 24Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 13SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 4REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    11. May 8Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 8FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 9NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 9FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate