Disaggregating Student Outcomes by Disability Category Act

Bill: 114-s-1729
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2015-07-09
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Special education
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Disaggregating Student Outcomes by Disability Category Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require annual state report cards to disaggregate, by type of disability (such as blindness), data regarding the educational outcomes of students with disabilities.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1729 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 9, 2015 Mr. Franken (for himself and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the State report card provisions of section 1111(h) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the disaggregation of the educational outcomes of students with disabilities by disability category.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaggregating Student Outcomes by Disability Category Act . 2. Disaggregating student outcomes by disability category Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(i) ) is amended by inserting disability category as described in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (if applicable for the State) (B)(i) of section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, after disability status, .