2015 -- H 5696 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - 504 AND INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Handy, Jacquard, Naughton, Maldonado, and Messier | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2015 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 105 |
4 | 504 AND INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS |
5 | 16-105-1. Annual reporting of 504 and individualized education plans. -- (a) The |
6 | administrator of each school facility of each city and town that is subject to the section 504 of the |
7 | Rehabilitation Act, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Individuals with |
8 | Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) shall provide the name(s) of the person(s) responsible for |
9 | coordinating the 504 plan and/or individualized education plan (IEP) for the student(s) at their |
10 | school facility to the Rhode Island department of education by September 30 of every year, |
11 | commencing September 30, 2015. |
12 | (b) The information provided to the Rhode Island department of education should include |
13 | the following items: |
14 | (1) Name and contact information of person(s) assigned to coordinate the 504 plans |
15 | and/or IEPs. |
16 | (2) Number of students if any who have 504 plans. |
17 | (3) Number of students if any who have IEPs. |
18 | (4) Number of students identified under each of these disability categories: (i) Autism; |
19 | (ii) Vision; (iii) Deaf-blindness; (iv) Emotional disturbance; (v) Deafness; (vi) Hard-of-hearing; |
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1 | (vii) Cognitive; (viii) Orthopedic; (ix) Health; (x) Learning; (xi) Speech; (xii) Language; (xiii) |
2 | Traumatic brain; (xiv) Multiple disabilities; and (xv) Mobility. |
3 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - 504 AND INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS | |
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1 | This act would require each city and town school administration to file an annual report |
2 | commencing September 30, 2015, providing the names of persons responsible for 504 and |
3 | individualized education plans along with information regarding those plans with the Rhode |
4 | Island department of education. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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