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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2409

HB 2409: Special needs students

Increasing supports for special needs students.

Summary

  • Specifies that school districts have a duty to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with disabilities under the requirements of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, section 504 (Section 504).
  • Provides that districts must notify the parent or guardian of each enrolling student of the procedural safeguards used by the district to identify, evaluate, and place a child who needs, or is believed to need, accommodations or related services.
  • Requires that districts convene at least one meeting per year, more at the request of the parent or guardian, with Section 504-eligible students, their parents or guardians, and the members of their Section 504 team to reevaluate their Section 504 plan.
  • Requires that postsecondary transition plans be developed, in conjunction with High School and Beyond Plans, when the Section 504 teams determines that the student needs transition services to receive a FAPE.
  • Requires districts to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that the parent or guardian of a Section 504-eligible student understands the proceedings of the Section 504 team meeting, including arranging for an interpreter for parents or guardians with deafness or whose native language is other than English.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2409), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tina Orwall (D-33)
Introduced
January 13, 2016 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2409, SHB 2409

AN ACT Relating to supporting special needs students;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tina Orwall (D-33)

19 co-sponsors (15 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Mia Gregerson D-33Norm Johnson R-14Chris Reykdal D-22Chad Magendanz R-5Gerry Pollet D-46Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Senator D-22Luis Moscoso D-1Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Steve Bergquist D-11JD Rossetti D-19Gael Tarleton D-36Hans Zeiger R-25Derek Stanford D-1Dick Muri R-28Jessyn Farrell D-46Joan McBride D-48Timm Ormsby D-3

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2409)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2409)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2409)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2409)
  7. Minority; without recommendation. (SHB 2409)
  8. Minority; without recommendation.
  9. Minority; do not pass.
  10. ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  11. First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2409 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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