To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to extend paperwork reduction waivers, and for other purposes.
Sponsored By: Representative Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
Introduced
Summary
Allows repeated 4-year extensions of state waivers under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This bill would let the Secretary of Education grant one or more extensions to a State's waiver, with each extension lasting up to 4 years.
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- States: States could keep an approved IDEA waiver in place longer, beyond the initial 4-year term, by receiving multiple 4-year extensions from the Secretary.
- Students and families: Students with disabilities and their families could see longer continuity in how their State applies an approved waiver, since waivers can be extended.
- Department of Education: Gives the Secretary explicit statutory authority to grant repeated 4-year extensions and reorganizes the statute's subparagraph lettering to add the new extension mechanism.
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States can extend special-education waivers
If enacted, the Secretary of Education would be able to extend paperwork-reduction waivers that a State receives for special education. The initial waiver period would remain 4 years. Each extension could last up to 4 years, and a State could get more than one extension. This would let States keep reduced paperwork for longer and could lower paperwork for school staff, students with disabilities, and their families.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
LA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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