Individualized education program teams; Department of Education to develop guidelines.
Summary
Department of Education; individualized education program teams; guidelines. 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 of Education, to ensure that IEP teams consider such guidelines. This bill is identical to HB 134.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 27, 2019
Signed Mar 6, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB186E
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendments by Senator Dunnavant agreed to
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Dec 27, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Dec 27, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101446D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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