HB 231

Abstract

Children with disabilities; alternative placements;state funds. Requires the parent of any child with a disabilitywho is placed in a public school pursuant to his individualized educationprogram who subsequently places his child in a nonpublic school settingto receive from the school board, upon request, the applicable Standardsof Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposesand apportioned to the school division, including the per pupil shareof state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil shareof special education funding for which the child is eligible, topay for tuition and fees associated with such nonpublic school setting,subject to such rules, regulations, or procedures as the Departmentof Education may establish. The bill requires each such parent tosubmit annually to the division superintendent an evaluation or assessmentthat indicates that the child is achieving an adequate level of educationalgrowth and progress.