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SB 1595 Individualized education programs (IEPs); DOE shall establish guidelines.

Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

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, to ensure that IEP teams consider such guidelines.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Family life education; special education. Requires the Board of Education to adapt its family life education Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines, as necessary, to meet the needs of students in special education. The bill also requires a local school board offering a family life education curriculum to ensure that students in special education receive appropriate instruction consistent with any such adaptations.