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HOUSE BILL 1368
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By: Delegate Rosenberg
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Special Education – Individualized Education Program – Notification of Missed 2
Services 3
(Shifra’s Act) 4
FOR the purpose of requiring the parents of a child with a disability who has an 5
individualized education program to receive a certain notice when certain special 6
education or related service s specified in the individualized education program are 7
missed, incomplete, or interrupted as specified ; and generally relating to 8
individualized education programs for special education students. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Education 11
Section 8–405.2 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Education 17
8–405.2. 18
(A) THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WITH A DISAB ILITY WHO HAS AN 19
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM SHALL BE PROVIDED WRITTEN NOTICE, IN 20
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, WHEN A SPECIAL 21
EDUCATION SERVICE , RELATED SERVICE , OR SUPPLEMENTARY AID OR SUPPORT 22
SPECIFIED IN THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM: 23
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(1) WAS NOT INITIATED BY THE DATE SET FORTH IN THE 1
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM; OR 2
(2) EXCEPT FOR A CHILD ’S ABSENCE FROM SCHOO L, WAS NOT 3
PROVIDED TO THE CHILD BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS: 4
(I) FOR A SERVICE , AID, OR SUPPORT REQUIRED DAILY, FIVE 5
INSTANCES OF MISSED , INCOMPLETE, OR INTERRUPTED SERVICES OR SUPPORTS 6
WITHIN A PERIOD OF 10 CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL DAYS; 7
(II) FOR A SERVICE , AID, OR SUPPORT REQUIRED TO BE 8
PROVIDED A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF TIMES WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD, THE 9
NUMBER OF INSTANCES THE SERVICE , AID, OR SUPPORT WAS MISSED, 10
INCOMPLETELY PROVIDED, OR INTERRUPTED OVER A TIME PERIOD AT LEAST TWO 11
TIMES LONGER THAN THE SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD; OR 12
(III) FOR A PATTERN OF MISS ED, INCOMPLETE, OR 13
INTERRUPTED SESSIONS THAT SUBSTA NTIALLY LIMIT THE DE LIVERY OF THE 14
SERVICE, AID, OR SUPPORT. 15
(B) A WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIRED UNDE R SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 16
SECTION SHALL: 17
(1) BE SENT TO THE PARENT S WITHIN 3 SCHOOL DAYS AFTER A 18
CONDITION BEING MET UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION; AND 19
(2) INCLUDE: 20
(I) AN EXPLANATION OF THE MISSED, INCOMPLETE, OR 21
INTERRUPTED SERVICE, AID, OR SUPPORT AND THE REASON THE SERVICE, AID, OR 22
SUPPORT WAS MISSED, INCOMPLETE, OR INTERRUPTED; 23
(II) STEPS THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL TAKE TO ENSURE 24
THE SERVICE , AID, OR SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDAN CE WITH THE 25
STUDENT’S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND 26
(III) INFORMATION FOR PARENT S TO REQUEST AN 27
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING TO DISCUSS: 28
1. COMPENSATORY SERVICES; 29
2. ALTERNATIVE METHODS O R SERVICES TO ADDRES S 30
THE CHILD’S NEEDS IF THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM DETERMINES THAT SERVICES, 31
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AIDS, OR SUPPORTS ARE LIKELY TO CONTIN UE BEING MISSED , INCOMPLETE, OR 1
INTERRUPTED; AND 2
3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION OPTIONS. 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4
1, 2026. 5