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HJ 196 Students with disabilities; Commission on Youth to study use of funds for educational placements.

Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Study; Public and private educational placements of students with disabilities; report. Directs the Commission of Youth to study the use of federal, state, and local funds for the public and private educational placements of students with disabilities. In conducting its study, the Commission on Youth shall (i) examine the use of CSA and Medicaid funds for private day and private residential special education placements; (ii) gather local and statewide data on the extent to which youth are placed in settings that are segregated from nondisabled students; (iii) determine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of more integrated alternatives to provide special education services to students including, but not limited to, those students with intellectual and developmental disabilities currently in segregated settings in the Commonwealth; and (iv) consider any other matters as it deems appropriate to meet the objectives of this study.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; facilities for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study (i) the use of Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk Youth and Families funds for day school and residential educational placements for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities and (ii) the use of Medicaid funds for foster care placements in residential facilities and educational placements in residential facilities for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The resolution directs JLARC to gather data on the extent to which youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities are placed in segregated facilities and to determine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of integrated alternatives.