HR 1156 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s pupil services instructors.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

February 24, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. HELLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and LaborCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to provide to parents, on request, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s pupil services instructors.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Parents’ Right to Know Improvement Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSON.

Section 1111(h)(6) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(6)) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subparagraph (A)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘and pupil services instructors’ after ‘teachers’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) Whether State qualification and licensing criteria have been met by--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) the teacher for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) the pupil services instructor for the instruction described in subparagraph (D) which the pupil services instructor provides.’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘, or the pupil services instructor is providing the instruction described in subparagraph (D),’ after ‘teaching’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘or pupil services instructor’ after ‘teacher’ each place it appears; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(D) DEFINITION- In this paragraph, the term ‘pupil services instructor’ means a qualified professional who provides ongoing, direct instruction to children with disabilities with individualized education programs as defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink