Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 500 - Special education; students in general program; funding

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1. Sherrill  62nd         2. Smith  175th            3. Coleman  80th
4. Walker  141st          5. Taylor  134th           6. O'Neal  75th


House Comm: Ed         /                Senate Comm: Ed         /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 160   Nays 1           Senate Vote: Yeas 51  Nays 0                                
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/31/95  Read 1st Time         1/25/96                                                
              2/1/95   Read 2nd Time         2/27/96                                                
              2/28/95* Favorably Reported    2/26/96                                                
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
              3/17/95  Recommitted                                                                  
              1/24/96  Read 3rd Time         2/28/96                                                
              1/24/96  Passed/Adopted        2/29/96                                                
              CS       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub  FS                                                     
              3/14/96  Amend/Sub Agreed To                                                          
              3/28/96  Sent to Governor                                                             
              4/15/96  Signed by Governor                                                           
              1025     Act/Veto Number                                                              
              7/1/96   Effective Date                                                               
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Favorably Reported by Substitute 01/23/96;  Action Suspended 2/28/96                                
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 20-2-152, 20-2-161                                                           


HB 500                                              HB 500/AP

      H. B. No. 500 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
      By:  Representatives Sherrill of the 62nd, Smith of the
      175th, Coleman of the 80th, Walker of the 141st, Taylor of
      the 134th and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary
  1- 3  education, so as to provide for an additional special
  1- 4  education category; to provide for the program weight for
  1- 5  such additional program; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 6  other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education,
  1-10  is amended by striking subsection (d) of Code Section
  1-11  20-2-152, relating to special education services, and
  1-12  inserting in its place a new subsection (d) to read as
  1-13  follows:

  1-14    "(d) For purposes of funding under this article, the
  1-15    following special education categories are authorized for
  1-16    the local units of administration of this state:

  1-17      (1) Category I:  self-contained specific learning
  1-18      disabled and self-contained speech-language disordered;

  1-19      (2) Category II:  mildly mentally disabled;

  1-20      (3) Category III:  behavior disordered, moderately
  1-21      mentally disabled, severely mentally disabled, resourced
  1-22      specific learning disabled, resourced speech-language
  1-23      disordered, self-contained hearing impaired and deaf,
  1-24      self-contained orthopedically disabled, and
  1-25      self-contained other health impaired;

  1-26      (4) Category IV:  deaf-blind, profoundly mentally
  1-27      disabled, visually impaired and blind, resourced hearing
  1-28      impaired and deaf, resourced orthopedically disabled,
  1-29      and resourced other health impaired; and

  1-30      (5) Category V:  those special education students
  1-31      classified as being in Categories I through IV, as


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                                                   HB 500/AP

  2- 1      defined in this subsection whose Individualized
  2- 2      Educational Programs specify specially designed
  2- 3      instruction or supplementary aids or services in
  2- 4      alternative placements, in the least restrictive
  2- 5      environment, including the regular classroom and who
  2- 6      receive such services from personnel such as
  2- 7      paraprofessionals, interpreters, job coaches, and other
  2- 8      assistive personnel; and

  2- 9      (5)(6) Category V VI:  intellectually gifted."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-10  Said chapter is further amended by striking subsection (b)
  2-11  of Code Section 20-2-161, relating to the Quality Basic
  2-12  Education Formula, and inserting in its place the following:

  2-13    "(b) As the cost of instructional programs varies
  2-14    depending upon the teacher-student ratios and specific
  2-15    services typically required to address the special needs
  2-16    of students enrolled, state authorized instructional
  2-17    programs shall have the following program weights:

  2-18      (1) Kindergarten program........................ 1.3286

  2-19      (2) Primary grades program (1-3)................ 1.2432

  2-20      (3) Upper elementary grades program (4-5)....... 1.0197

  2-21      (4) Middle grades program (6-8)................. 1.0242

  2-22      (5) High school general education program
  2-23      (9-12).........................................  1.0000

  2-24      (6) High school nonvocational laboratory
  2-25      program (9-12).................................. 1.2428

  2-26      (7) Vocational laboratory program (9-12)........ 1.3557

  2-27      (8) Program for the handicapped: Category I..... 2.3419

  2-28      (9) Program for the handicapped: Category II.... 2.7204

  2-29      (10) Program for the handicapped: Category III.. 3.4579

  2-30      (11) Program for the handicapped: Category IV... 5.5838

  2-31      (12) Program for persons with disabilities:
  2-32      Category V...................................... 2.4114

  2-33      (12)(13) Program for intellectually gifted
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  2-35      (13)(14) Remedial education program............. 1.2985"


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                                                   HB 500/AP

                         SECTION 3.

  3- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  3- 2  repealed.












































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