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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/4/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 628
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 628 as follows:
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| on page 11, by replacing lines 15 through 26 with the |
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| following: |
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| "(g-5) To ensure that a parent can participate fully and |
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| effectively with school personnel in the development of |
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| appropriate educational and related services for his or her |
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| child, the parent, an independent educational evaluator, or an |
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| expert retained by or on behalf of a parent or child must be |
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| afforded access of sufficient duration and extent to |
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| educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings |
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| and to the child in order to conduct an evaluation of the |
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| child, the child's performance, the child's current |
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| educational program, placement, or environment, or any |
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| proposed educational program, placement, or environment, |
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| including interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or |
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| assessments of the child's educational program or placement or |
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| any proposed educational program or placement. For purposes of |
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| this subsection (g-5), "expert" includes a therapist, |
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| doctorate level educator or specialist, academician, |
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| physician, diagnostician, educational consultant, certified, |
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| licensed, or otherwise credentialed professional, or student |
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| or intern in an accredited program working under the direct |
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| supervision of a therapist, doctorate level educator or |
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| specialist, academician, physician, diagnostician, educational |
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| consultant, or certified, licensed, or otherwise credentialed |
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| professional. Prior to visiting a school, a school building, or |
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| a school facility, the parent, independent educational |
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| evaluator, or expert shall inform the building principal or |
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| supervisor of the proposed visit, the purposes of the visit, |
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| and the approximate duration of the visit. Visitors shall |
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| comply with school safety and security policies and protect |
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| students' right of privacy and may not disrupt the educational |
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| process."; and
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| on page 12, by deleting lines 1 through 9; and
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| on page 28, lines 12 and 13, by replacing "if the expert |
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| witness contributed to the relief obtained" with "incurred"; |
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| and
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| on page 28, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "necessary for the |
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| preparation of" with "prepared for"; and
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