Bill Text: NJ A2985 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing individualized education program for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A2985 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2985-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning special education programs and amending P.L.2013, c.19.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2013, c.19 (C.18A:46-54) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to require school districts to develop a plan to establish stability in special education programming. The plan shall take into account the consistency of the location, curriculum, and staffing in the provision of special education programs and services.
b. The State board regulations shall also require that when developing an individualized education program (IEP) with the parent or guardian of a student who is prone to regression due to frequent changes in location including, but not limited to, students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team shall consider, among other factors, the consistency of the location of services when determining in-district special education placements.
c. The State board regulations shall also require that when developing an IEP with the parent or guardian of a student who is prone to regression including, but not limited to, students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team shall consider, among other factors, the consistency of staffing when determining in-district special education placements.
(cf: P.L.2013, c.19, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the State Board of Education to require that when an individualized education program (IEP) team is developing an IEP with a parent or guardian of a student who is prone to regression including, but not limited to, students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team must consider, among other factors, the consistency of staffing when determining in-district special education placements.
