HB11-1277 Summary

• Creates requirement for school districts to submit fiscal impact summaries within seven days when bills imposing new mandates are introduced, with summaries included in legislative council analysis

• Modifies alternative education campus criteria to allow combinations of students with individualized education programs and "high-risk students" totaling at least 95%, and adds new high-risk category for students over traditional school age lacking adequate credit hours

• Expands definitions of children with disabilities to align with federal IDEA categories and changes terminology from "exceptional children" to "children with disabilities"; allows administrative units until July 1, 2016 to implement disability category changes

• Modifies special education funding and tuition provisions for approved facility schools, foster homes, and group homes; establishes new processes for educational placement determinations and special education service delivery

• Makes technical amendments to school accreditation procedures, on-line program oversight, and charter school collaborative structures to clarify roles of state board and authorizers