Stop the Presses – Senate IDEA Bill Introduced

By Brent Duncan, Past President; Stephen E. Brock, CASP Region X Representative & California Representative to the NASP Delegate Assembly; and James Russell, CASP Legislative Chair

On June 12, as this issue of CASP Today is going to press, Senate IDEA Bill, S.1248: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2003, was released by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Feedback sessions for committee staff here held, and the full committee heard the bill on June 25. As Stephen Brock’s article in this issue describes (NASP/CASP closely monitors IDEA Reauthorization), once this bill is approved by this committee it will go on to the full Senate for a vote. It is expected that the bill will be passed by the Senate, and it will then move on to a House/Senate Conference Committee, where the

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