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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-252
THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT EDUCATION ACT OF 2023
OCTOBER 25, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Education and the Workforce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4259]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 4259) to amend the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act to require notification with respect to individ-
ualized education program teams, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Think Differently about Education Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IEP TEAMS.
Section 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1414(d)(1)(B)) is amended-
(1) in clause (iv), by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa)
through (cc), respectively (and by conforming the margins accordingly);
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as subclauses (I) through (VII),
respectively (and by conforming the margins accordingly);
(3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as so redesignated, by striking The
term and inserting the following:
(i) IN GENERAL.-The term; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
(ii) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.-Within a reasonable timeframe prior
to the first convening of the individualized education program team for
a child with a disability for a school year, the local educational agency
that serves such child shall notify the parent of such child that such
parent may, under clause (i)(VI), include other individuals who have
knowledge or special expertise regarding the child, including related
services personnel as appropriate, as part of the individualized edu-
cation program team..
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