Lauren's law.

2016
STATE OF WYOMING
16LSO-0328
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0136

Lauren's law.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Pelkey, Dayton, Halverson, Harvey and Lindholm and Senator(s) Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; requiring boards of trustees to adopt and implement a policy allowing students with individualized education programs to participate in graduation ceremonies as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S.
2
1
‑
3
‑
110(
a)
by creating a new paragraph
(xxxv)
is

amended
to read:

21
‑
3
‑
110
.

Duties of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district shall:

(xxxv)

Not later than

May 1, 2016
,
adopt

and implement
a policy
which
:

(A)

Notwithstanding the uniform graduation standards prescribed by the state board under W.S. 21
‑
2
‑
304(a)(iii), a
llows
a student who
has
completed four (4) year
s of high school at the end of the

school year
to

participate in the
student's high school
graduation ceremony

if the student has an individualized education program
under the federal Individuals With Disabilities Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.,
prescribing special education transition
classes,
planning or services beyond the student's fou
r (4) years of high school
;

(B)

Requir
es

timely
written notice
of the policy
to high school students with individualized education programs and
to
their parents or guardians.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective
immediately upon completion of all acts nec
­
essary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyo
­
ming Constitution.

(END)

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