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2023 SESSION
SB 1334 Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting participant code of ethics; development, enforcement.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Board of Education; Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting participant code of ethics; development. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a work group to provide recommendations for the development of a code of ethics relating to effective collaboration at Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings among school staff, parents, students, and any other participants with expertise or knowledge of the student. The bill requires the work group to include (i) a facilitator with knowledge and expertise in the scope and mission of the IEP; (ii) the director of the disAbility Law Center or his designee; (iii) representatives from (a) the Legal Aid Justice Center, (b) the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), (c) the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPPA), (d) the Virginia School Counselor Association, (e) the Arc of Virginia or the Virginia Down Syndrome Association, (f) ChildSavers or Communities in Schools of Virginia, (g) community service boards, and (h) the Department; (iv) three representatives from the Virginia Council of Administrators of Special Education; (v) four parents, guardians, or caregivers of children with IEPs, with attention to families of color, families for whom English is not the primary language, and families who are economically disadvantaged; (vi) an independent parent advocate; and (vii) one division superintendent. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations to the Department by November 30, 2023.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103861D pdf
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106197D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103861D
- 01/11/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/20/23 Senate: Rereferred from Rules (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/23 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 01/25/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106197D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23106197D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1334S1
- 02/07/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/10/23 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
- 02/13/23 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Left in Rules