Full Text of HB0628 96th General Assembly
HB0628ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 4 |
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| " (g-5) To ensure that a parent can participate fully and | 6 |
| effectively with school personnel in the development of | 7 |
| appropriate educational and related services for his or her | 8 |
| child, the parent, an independent educational evaluator, or an | 9 |
| expert retained by or on behalf of a parent or child must be | 10 |
| afforded access of sufficient duration and extent to | 11 |
| educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings | 12 |
| and to the child in order to conduct an evaluation of the | 13 |
| child, the child's performance, the child's current | 14 |
| educational program, placement, or environment, or any | 15 |
| proposed educational program, placement, or environment, | 16 |
| including interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or | 17 |
| assessments of the child's educational program or placement or |
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| any proposed educational program or placement. For purposes of | 2 |
| this subsection (g-5), "expert" includes a therapist, | 3 |
| doctorate level educator or specialist, academician, | 4 |
| physician, diagnostician, educational consultant, certified, | 5 |
| licensed, or otherwise credentialed professional, or student | 6 |
| or intern in an accredited program working under the direct | 7 |
| supervision of a therapist, doctorate level educator or | 8 |
| specialist, academician, physician, diagnostician, educational | 9 |
| consultant, or certified, licensed, or otherwise credentialed | 10 |
| professional. Prior to visiting a school, a school building, or | 11 |
| a school facility, the parent, independent educational | 12 |
| evaluator, or expert shall inform the building principal or | 13 |
| supervisor of the proposed visit, the purposes of the visit, | 14 |
| and the approximate duration of the visit. Visitors shall | 15 |
| comply with school safety and security policies and protect | 16 |
| students' right of privacy and may not disrupt the educational | 17 |
| process. "; and | 18 |
| on page 12, by deleting lines 1 through 9; and | 19 |
| on page 28, lines 12 and 13, by replacing " if the expert | 20 |
| witness contributed to the relief obtained " with " incurred "; | 21 |
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| on page 28, lines 17 and 18, by replacing " necessary for the | 23 |
| preparation of " with " prepared for "; and |
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| on page 28, line 23, after " decree, " by inserting " mediation | 2 |
| agreement, "; and | 3 |
| on page 29, line 5, before " private ", by inserting " mediation | 4 |
| agreement or ".
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