Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1365

Relating to education; expanding eligibility for early childhood developmental
screening to certain younger children and requiring and providing for the
inclusion of socioemotional development screening in the programs, requiring
commissioner of human services approval of the screening instrument; providing
for follow up screening of children with an indicated need for further
assessment, school districts not to be financially responsible for mental health
diagnostic assessments and prohibiting the inclusion of student mental health
screening results in student records; basing the amount of developmental
screening aid on the age of the child screened; expanding the definition of
child with a disability for special education purposes to children with
emotional disturbance; requiring school officials to notify the parents or legal
guardians of children of the availability of assessment or mental health
screening for behavior contributing to continuing truancy; authorizing the
inclusion of mental health screenings and classroom modifications and
accommodations in community based action projects and truancy service center
referrals to mental health providers
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