HB3680 Summary

• Requires IEP teams to consider emergency accommodations for students with disabilities during natural disasters and active shooter situations and include these accommodations in the student's individualized education program or Section 504 plan.

• Mandates that when school administrators decide to exempt a student from participating in a lockdown drill, they must include the student's IEP team or Section 504 plan team in that decision-making process.

• Clarifies special education procedures for English learners, including requirements for non-discriminatory testing and linguistically and culturally appropriate individualized educational programs.

• Maintains existing provisions requiring parents be given independent educational evaluation options, access to qualified professionals for school observations and evaluations, and interpreter services for IEP meetings.

• Establishes standards for school safety drills including fire evacuation, bus evacuation, law enforcement lockdown drills, and severe weather drills with provisions for student participation, parental notification, and trauma-informed approaches.