SHB 1109: Providing funding for school districts for special education.

What this bill does

Establishes a program to reimburse public schools up to $3,000 for conducting initial special education evaluations and up to $3,000 for developing individualized education programs (IEPs) for eligible students, during the summers of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Requires, beginning July 1, 2026, the special education safety net committee to consider extraordinary costs associated with conducting extraordinarily high numbers of initial evaluations for special education services and related services, and subsequent development of IEPs for the eligible students, during a school year.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  95 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting

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