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ADOPTED
Senators Rogers of the 21st and Williams of the 19th offered the following amendment:
Senators Rogers of the 21st and Williams of the 19th offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 907 (LC 33 3346) by inserting after
"scheduling;"
on line 3 the following:
to
amend Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, so as
to provide for additional notification of the program;
By
inserting between lines 70 and 71 the following:
SECTION
1A.
Article 33 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to the scholarship program for special needs students, is amended in
Code Section 20-2-2113, relating to annual notification of options available to
parents of special needs children, by revising subsection (a) as
follows:
"(a)
The resident school system shall
annually
notify prior to the beginning of each school year the parent
of
provide the
following notice to the parents of all enrolled
students
a student
with a disability by letter,
by
electronic means,
or by such
other reasonable means in a timely manner of the options available to the parent
under this article.
and, if the
school system utilizes automated telephone calls, by such automated system in
each January and April:
'Your
child may be eligible for a Georgia Special Needs Scholarship to attend a
private school or another public school if your child has an Individualized
Education Program (IEP). Information may be found at www.specialedoptions.com
relating to eligibility requirements.'
In
addition, the resident school system shall ensure that a student with a
disability is notified at each individualized education program (IEP)
meeting."