Individualized education programs (IEPs); DOE shall establish guidelines.
Summary
Requires the Department of Education to establish guidelines for individualized education program (IEP) teams to utilize when developing IEPs for children with disabilities to ensure that IEP teams consider the need for age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate instruction related to sexual health, self-restraint, self-protection, respect for personal privacy, and personal boundaries of others. The bill requires each local school board, in developing IEPs for children with disabilities, in addition to any other requirements established by the Board, to ensure that IEP teams consider such guidelines.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 18, 2019
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Jan 18, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1595S1
upper
Jan 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105059D-S1
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0)
senate
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102691D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
Co
Debra H. Rodman
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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