2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB416 358

Amendment No. 358

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 416                                                              (BDR 34‑1085)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

   Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 4 and 5 and inserting:

   “Secs. 4 and 5.  (Deleted by amendment.)”.

   Amend sec. 11, page 6, by deleting line 9 and inserting:

     “2.  Section 7 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding a preamble, immediately preceding the enacting clause, to read as follows:

   “Whereas, Improving educational results for pupils with disabilities is an essential element of the goal of this state to ensure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living and economic self-sufficiency for persons with disabilities; and

   Whereas, It is important for the school districts in this state to recognize the practice commonly referred to as “mainstreaming,” which ensures that pupils with disabilities receive appropriate educational services in a manner that allows those pupils to participate in regular school programs and the general curriculum to the maximum extent possible; and

   Whereas, If a disproportionate number of pupils with disabilities are assigned to a regular education classroom, it may place an undue burden upon the regular education teacher and may impede the learning environment to such an extent that the beneficial effects of mainstreaming are diminished; and

   Whereas, The boards of trustees of the school districts in this state should adopt policies or regulations providing that the total number of pupils with disabilities that may be assigned to a regular education classroom with pupils who do not have disabilities must not exceed, to the extent practicable, 30 percent of the total number of pupils in the classroom; now, therefore,”.

   Amend the title of the bill, second and third lines, by deleting:

“prescribing a maximum percentage of pupils with disabilities in a regular education classroom;”.