118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2945 — Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

“A bill to promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique language and learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.”

Education

Introduced Sep 27, 2023

Last action Sep 27, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

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Referred

Sep 27, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. The bill establishes additional requirements for states to identify and evaluate children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. A state's closure of a specialized school serving children who are blind or deaf shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services. The bill also authorizes support, including grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention...

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Timeline · 2 actions

Sep 27, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Sep 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.