Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees. (SB46)

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√	Passed Committee
√	Passed House
√	Passed Senate
√	Signed by Governor
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Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees. Authorizes a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing party, who is the parent of a child with a disability, in a civil action he is allowed to bring before the court because he is aggrieved by earlier findings and a decision resolving a dispute as to program placements, individualized education programs, tuition eligibility and other matters. View Full Text »

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01/04/2010 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101457D
01/04/2010 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/14/2010 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
01/20/2010 Impact statement from DPB (SB46)
01/28/2010 Rereferred from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2010 Rereferred to Courts of Justice
01/28/2010 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
02/10/2010 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2010 Committee substitute printed 10104604D-S1
02/10/2010 Substitute bill reprinted 10104604D-S1
02/12/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2010 Read second time
02/15/2010 Reading of substitute waived
02/15/2010 Committee substitute agreed to 10104604D-S1
02/15/2010 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB46S1
02/15/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2010 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2010 Placed on Calendar
02/17/2010 Read first time
02/17/2010 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/18/2010 Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
02/21/2010 Impact statement from DPB (SB46S1)
02/24/2010 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
02/26/2010 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2010 Committee substitute printed 10105657D-H1
03/02/2010 Impact statement from DPB (SB46H1)
03/02/2010 Read second time
03/03/2010 Read third time
03/03/2010 Committee substitute agreed to 10105657D-H1
03/03/2010 Passed by for the day
03/04/2010 Read third time
03/04/2010 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB46H1
03/04/2010 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
03/04/2010 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2010 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2010 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2010 Passed by for the day
03/09/2010 Passed by for the day
03/10/2010 House substitute rejected by Senate (18-Y 21-N) (see vote tally)
03/10/2010 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/10/2010 Passed by temporarily
03/10/2010 House substitute rejected by Senate (18-Y 22-N) (see vote tally)
03/11/2010 House insisted on substitute
03/11/2010 House requested conference committee
03/11/2010 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/11/2010 Conferees appointed by Senate
03/11/2010 Senators: Petersen, Whipple, Stuart
03/11/2010 Conferees appointed by House
03/11/2010 Delegates: Athey, Loupassi, Hope
03/13/2010 Conference substitute printed 10106082D-S2
03/13/2010 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
03/13/2010 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/13/2010 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/22/2010 Enrolled
03/22/2010 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB46ER)
03/22/2010 Impact statement from DPB (SB46ER)
03/22/2010 Signed by Speaker
03/25/2010 Signed by President
04/11/2010 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/10)
04/11/2010 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)

Comments

Jack F., tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

This is an excellent bill, equalizing the field for parents wthout means.

Posted 26 months ago. #

Susan Lawrence writes:

I agree with Jack F. I just won a pro se due process hearing for my son, but know he would have been better served by an SPED attorney. Schools have the unlimited pockets of the tax payers to fund payment for attorneys, parents should at least have the possibility or recouping attorney fees when they win in court. Our county spent many times more money fighting than they would have spent mediating and settling.

Posted 24 months ago. #

Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees. (SB46)

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