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It was signed into law by Governor Eric Holcomb on May 4, 2023, and became Public Law 248. It goes into effect on July 1, 2023. It goes into effect on July 1, 2023. After it was signed, the American Civil Liberties Union and Indiana-based LGBT groups decried the bill as part of the "Slate of Hate" along with such bills as SB 480 , HB 1041 , and ...
Drawing on the report of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, [49] the law revised the requirements for evaluating children with learning disabilities. More concrete provisions relating to discipline of special education students were also added. (Pub. L. No. 108-446, 118 Stat. 2647).
A little-known option for religious instruction during the school day was coded into law in House Bill 1137. Students can leave school for religious education during the school day for up to two ...
In 2022, the Indiana Department of Education reported that the state's overall graduation rate was 86.7%, down one percent from 2021. [35] The rate of Indiana high school students attending college fell to 53% in 2022, a significant decline from 65% in 2017. [36] [37] Indiana's college-going rates have fallen further than most states'.
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A new scholarship program for Indiana students who require special education services formally launched Thursday, giving parents the ability to directly spend state money on their child’s ...
Because the law does not clearly state to what degree the least restrictive environment is, courts have had to interpret the LRE principle. In a landmark case interpreting IDEA's predecessor statute (EHA), Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education (1989), it was determined that students with disabilities have a right to be included in both academic and extracurricular programs of general education.
FAPE is a civil right rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which includes the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses.. FAPE is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR 15b.22) [6] as "the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that (i) are designed to meet individual needs of handicapped persons as adequately as the ...