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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Proposed Amendment Regarding Interim Alternative Educational Placements (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Aug. 13, 1998
Report Number 98-636
Report Type Report
Authors Nancy Lee Jones, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

An amendment to the interim alternative educational placement provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has been proposed by Representative Livingston, added to the Department of Education appropriations bill, H.R. 4274 , 105th Cong., 2d Sess., and reported out of the House Appropriations Committee on July 20, 1998. The amendment would change the current law by eliminating the current limitation of 45 days for an interim alternative educational placement. In addition, the amendment would add a new subsection allowing schools to place a child with a disability in an interim alternative educational placement if the child intentionally exhibits violent behavior that has resulted or could have resulted in physical injury to the child or others while at school or a school function. For a more detailed discussion of the existing disciplinary provisions in IDEA see Jones, "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Discipline Provisions in P.L. 105-17 ," CRS Report 98-42 (January 12, 1998). This report will be amended to reflect subsequent legislative action.