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HR 2228 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2228
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow States to count certain students formerly identified as limited English proficient as being within the limited English proficient subgroup, and certain students formerly identified as students with disabilities as being within the students with disabilities subgroup.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 4, 2009
Mr. BOOZMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow States to count certain students formerly identified as limited English proficient as being within the limited English proficient subgroup, and certain students formerly identified as students with disabilities as being within the students with disabilities subgroup.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ALLOWING STATES TO COUNT CERTAIN STUDENTS FORMERLY IDENTIFIED AS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT OR AS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS CONTINUING TO BE MEMBERS OF THAT SUBGROUP.
Section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)) is amended--
(1) in item (cc) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘, which may, at the discretion of the State, include students who no longer are identified as students with disabilities but who were, in any of the preceding three school years, identified as students with disabilities’; and
(2) in item (dd) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘, which may, at the discretion of the State, include students who no longer are identified as students with limited English proficiency but who were, in any of the preceding three school years, identified as students with limited English proficiency’.