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Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 12, 2015
Latest Action
February 12, 2015
Primary Sponsor
Robert P. Casey, Jr.Democratic(PA)
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vs 3,548 other S bills in the 114th — cohort avg 43d
Empowering Parents and Students Through Information Act Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state that elects to use alternate academic achievement standards for students that have the most significant cognitive disabilities to: establish and monitor the implementation of clear and appropriate guidelines for individualized education program (IEP) teams to apply in determining, on an annual and subject-by-subject basis, when a child's significant cognitive disability justifies assessment using alternate standards; ensure that the parents of students the state plans to assess using alternate assessments are involved in, and provide informed consent to, the decision to apply such alternate standards; provide evidence that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities are making progress in the general curriculum for the grade in which the students are enrolled and in assessments aligned with that curriculum; develop and promote the use of reasonable accommodations to increase the number of such students participating in grade-level academic instruction and assessments aligned with grade-level academic standards; promote the use of such accommodations to increase the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who are tested against grade-level academic achievement standards; ensure that general and special education teachers and other appropriate staff know how to administer assessments for disabled students; require separate annual determinations about whether a student should be assessed using an alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards for each subject assessed; and ensure that students who take such alternate assessments are not precluded from attempting to complete the state requirements for a regular secondary school diploma. Prohibits states from using any student's IEP in the state accountability system. Requires states' annual report cards to: (1) include the number and percentage of disabled students who take the alternate assessments; and (2) break that information down by grade and subject matter and by the disability categories described in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act; and HR 3765: ADA Education and Reform Act.
Client expense: $41,529 · Firm income: Not reported
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act; and HR 3765: ADA Education and Reform Act.
Client expense: $91,261 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $157,721 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $71,499 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $73,347 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $60,790 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $64,746 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · first_quarter · Education
PL 101-476: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 108-446: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); PL 107-110: No Child Left Behind Act; HR 5: The Student Success Act; S 516: Every Child Counts Act; and S 528: Empowering Parents & Students Through Information Act.
Client expense: $91,416 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office