Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF2753

E Relating to special education; requiring the department of children, families
and learning to enforce federal and state laws, regulations and rules for
special education; clarifying the requirement for school districts to provide
special instruction and related services for children with a disability,
expanding the requirement to other entities providing public education and
requiring conformity of the instruction and services with the pupil fair
dismissal act; expanding the provision authorizing override of parent or
guardian refusal to consent to initial evaluation to reevaluation; modifying the
definition of individualized family service plan (IFSP); clarifying the
requirement for cooperative centers and intermediates to allocate approved
expenditures for special education programs among participating school
districts; expanding coverage for special education services under medical
assistance (MA) to health assessments and nursing services provided as an
individual education plan (IEP) health related service, requiring the
commissioner of human services to by a certain date develop and implement a
fixed billing process for special education transportation services based on
actual cost data (je, ja)