2014 Regular Session The Equal Opportunity for All Students with Special Needs Act; create to establish IEFs for certain students. AN ACT TO CREATE THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS WITH SPECIALS NEEDS ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION FUNDS (IEFS) FOR PARENTS OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; TO PRESCRIBE THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND RECEIPT OF PROGRAM FUNDS; TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND TO THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION FUNDS; TO REQUIRE EACH STUDENT'S IEF TO BE FUNDED AT AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE MAEP BASE STUDENT COST PLUS THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF FUNDS FOR CATEGORICAL AID PROGRAMS; TO STIPULATE THE OBLIGATIONS OF PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS, STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS TO BECOME AND REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUNDS; TO REQUIRE PEER TO PREPARE A BIANNUAL REPORT ON THE SUFFICIENCY OF FUNDING FOR IEFS AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ASSESSMENT EVALUATION BEGINNING IN 2018 AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS TO BE ADHERED TO BY PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/12/14 at 18:22 S B 2325 Senate Bill 2325 SB 2325 S Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority ** See Text Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Appropriations F ../../House_cmtes/AP.xml Education F ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Appropriations F ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml Collins ../../Senate_authors/Collins.xml Gollott ../../Senate_authors/Gollott.xml McDaniel ../../Senate_authors/McDaniel.xml Watson ../../Senate_authors/Watson.xml 1 01/17 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations 2 02/04 (S) DR - TSDP: ED To AP 3 02/04 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 4 02/13 (S) Amended 5 02/13 (S) Motion to Recommit Lost ../../../../2014/pdf/votes/senate/0380030.pdf 6 02/13 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2014/pdf/votes/senate/0380031.pdf 7 02/14 (S) Transmitted To House 8 02/17 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations 9 02/26 (H) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP 10 03/04 (H) DR - TSDPAA: AP To ED 11 03/04 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 12 03/11 (H) Read the Third Time 13 03/12 (H) Tabled Subject To Call 14 03/12 (H) Died On Calendar ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2325PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2014/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2325PS.htm ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2325IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2014/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2325IN.htm ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2325PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2014/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2325PS.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Pending ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/ham/SB2325_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2014/html/ham/SB2325_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/sam/SB2325_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2014/html/sam/SB2325_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2014/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2325.pdf