[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1570 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1570

  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require 
 notification with respect to individualized education program teams, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2025

Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require 
 notification with respect to individualized education program teams, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Families in Special 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IEP TEAMS.

    Section 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by redesignating subclauses (I) through 
        (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively (and by 
        conforming the margins accordingly);
            (2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as 
        subclauses (I) through (VII), respectively (and by conforming 
        the margins accordingly);
            (3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as so 
        redesignated, by striking ``The term'' and inserting the 
        following:
                            ``(i) In general.--The term''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Notification required.--Within a 
                        reasonable timeframe prior to the first 
                        convening of the individualized education 
                        program team for a child with a disability for 
                        a school year, the local educational agency 
                        that serves such child shall notify the parent 
                        of such child that such parent may, under 
                        clause (i)(VI), include other individuals who 
                        have knowledge or special expertise regarding 
                        the child, including related services personnel 
                        as appropriate, as part of the individualized 
                        education program team.''.
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