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IN SB0318
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands developmental delay eligibility from students ages 3-5 years old to students ages 3-8 years old, effective July 1, 2017.
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Requires the state board of education to amend rule 511 IAC 7-41-6(a) to establish the new age range for developmental delay as a disability category.
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Adds developmental delay as a countable category in school corporations' nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for mild and moderate disabilities, effective after June 30, 2017.
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Allows school corporations to count developmental delay pupils for purposes of determining special education grant amounts beginning July 1, 2017.
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Bill becomes effective July 1, 2016, with the age range expansion taking effect July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Developmental delay. Requires the state board of education to amend its rule establishing developmental delay as a disability category to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and less than nine years of age. (Currently, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and not more than five years of age.) Adds developmental delay as a category for mild and moderate disabilities for purposes of determining special education grant amounts.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education & Career Development
1/7/2016