No. SB 1330
Filed under Education.
Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education; Citing this act as the “Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education Act”; authorizing the Department of Education to create the Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education Program; authorizing the department, in consultation with certain advocates, educators, and experts, to develop and make available disability awareness instruction; authorizing the department to award grants, subject to legislative appropriation, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Education may create a new program to integrate disability awareness into public school curricula. This is a permissive authorization, not a mandate, meaning the department has discretion to proceed.
If implemented, the program requires specific instructional time: one monthly lesson for grades K-5, two for grades 6-8, and a multi-week annual program for high schoolers.
The rollout is phased over four years, starting with a one-year pilot in selected schools before expanding district-wide and then statewide.
Funding for the program is strictly contingent on legislative appropriation, meaning the department cannot award grants to districts without new budget money.
AIGrants the Department of Education the authority to create a new state program.
AIRequires the department to develop age-appropriate instructional materials for all public schools.
AIMandates specific monthly lesson counts and annual program durations for each grade level.
AIRequires districtwide expansion in the second year and statewide expansion in the fourth year.
AIAllows the department to award grants to school districts, contingent on legislative funding.