Plain English Breakdown
The official metadata lists an enactment date but leaves the effective date blank, creating uncertainty about when this change takes effect.
Special Education Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
This law clarifies that current rules cannot be used to stop a student's education plan from listing specialized deaf or hard-of-hearing services as the only service provided.
What This Bill Does
- Prevents existing laws about special education definitions from being read in a way that blocks specific plans.
Who It Names or Affects
- Local educational agencies responsible for student plans.
- Students with exceptional needs who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Terms To Know
- Individualized Education Program
- A plan that reflects the special education and related services a student receives.
- Special education
- Specially designed instruction at no cost to parents for students with exceptional needs, which can include certain speech-language pathology services under state standards.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not specify an effective date.
- This law only changes how existing rules are interpreted; it does not create new funding or add new types of services beyond what is already allowed.