The IDEA Reauthorization bill passed through the U.S. House has been amended and approved in the Senate with approval of the modifications from the House. The bill, H.R. 1350, has been cleared for the White House as of November 20th. For more detailed information follow the IDEA Reauthorization link just provided.
HB 160 currently before the Illinois House Elementary and secondary Education Committee and likely to be voted on next Wednesday, 9, requires that the Illinois State Board of Education may not adopt any rule beyond what is imposed by the U.S. Department of Education regulations in carrying out the recently-passed federal Individuals with Education Act (the new IDEA). If it is enacted, HB 160 will eliminate critical protections for students with disabilities that are currently spelled out in ISBE rules but are extremely unlikely to be specified in federal regulations (such as limits on class sizes for students with disabilities). Please contact one of the following people to express your opposition to this bill.
Chairman Giles, committee members: Suzanne Bassi, Daniel V. Beiser, Linda Chapa LaVia, Marlow H. Colvin, Monique D. Davis, Lisa M. Dugan, Roger L. Eddy, Robert F. Flider, Kevin Joyce, David E. Miller, Jerry L. Mitchell, Donald L. Moffitt, Rosemary Mulligan, Ruth Munson, Harry Osterman, Sandra M. Pihos, Robert W.. Pritchard, David Reis, Michael K. Smith, Jim Watson, Karen A. Yarbrough, and House Leadership, Speaker Madigan, Barbara Flynn Currie.
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