US Congress House Bill 3535 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-10)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilities (or both) and also are, or may be, classified in another disability category. A state must ensure that it has enough qualified personnel to serve children who have such disabilities and that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of disabled children for special education and related services. The individualized education program for each child that is either (or both) visually or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. Similarly, the individualized family service plan for an infant or toddler with a hearing disability must include specified components. A states' closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services for purposes of the prohibition against reducing state financial support for such services from one fiscal year to the next. The bill also: (1) authorizes grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities; and (2) establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3535/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3535/BILLS-114hr3535ih.pdf