S 745 · in committee · major
Empowering Families in Special Education Act
- education
What this bill does
- Schools must notify parents about their right to include outside experts on their child's special education team.
- Parents of students with disabilities are affected by this notification requirement.
- Schools implement this notification requirement at no specified additional cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would schools determine which outside experts to include in notifications, and what guidance should the Department of Education provide?
- 02
What evidence exists that parents are currently unaware of their right to include outside experts in special education meetings?
- 03
Could notification requirements create pressure on schools to fund expert participation if parents lack resources to pay for specialists?
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Sponsor · R-MO
Eric Schmitt
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Introduced 2025-02-26
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-26 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate

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