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2021 SESSION
HB 2117 Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs, allocation of state pool funds.
Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Department of Education. The bill adds children and youth previously placed in approved private school educational programs for at least six months who will receive transitional services, as that term is defined in the bill, in a public school setting to the target population for eligibility for the state pool of funds, provided, however, that such funds shall be allocated for such transitional services for no longer than 12 months. The bill requires the Secretary of Education, in conjunction with the Office of Children's Services and the Department of Education, to establish a work group (the Work Group) with, at minimum, certain identified stakeholders to develop a detailed plan to direct the transfer of Children's Services Act funds currently reserved for children requiring an educational placement in a private special education day school or residential facility to the Department of Education and to develop a standardized reporting process, template, and reporting requirement for private special education day school tuition rates to ensure that tuition rates can be accurately compared across schools and over time, among other duties. The bill requires that the Work Group submit its plan and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102547D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103572D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102547D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/19/21 House: Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 01/19/21 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/21 House: Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
- 01/25/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103572D-H1
- 01/27/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/21 House: Incorporates HB2211 (Plum)
- 01/28/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103572D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2117H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)