HB 1257 — Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.

H-1512.1Z-0300.2 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1257 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By House Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Couture, Taylor, Callan, Simmons, Penner, Wylie, Kloba, Timmons, Bergquist, and Salahuddin;

by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)Instruction READPrefiled FIRST01/10/25. TIME 02/20/25.

Read first time 01/13/25.

Referred to Committee on Education.

1 SHBHB 1257 school year, state administrative rule requires that special education services continue until the end of the school year.

(2)(a) The legislature acknowledges that, on November 22,20, 2024, the United States district court for the western district of Washington issued an order in the case of N.D.

The legislature does not intend for this extension of special education services to reduce or supplant any other services an individual with disabilities is eligible for.

(a) The provision of coordinated transition services;

2 SHBHB 1257 (a)(b) TheExamples provision of how coordinated transition services;services can be provided to students between the ages of 16 and 22 to ensure a seamless transition from school to postschool life;

(b) Examples of how coordinated transition services can be provided to students between the ages of 16 and 22 to ensure a seamless transition from school to postschool life;

The superintendent of public instruction, by rule, shall establish for the purpose of excess cost funding, as provided in RCW 28A.150.390, 28A.160.030, and 28A.155.010 through 28A.155.160, functional definitions of special education, the various types of disabling conditions, and eligibility criteria for special education programs for children with disabilities, including referral procedures, use of positive behavior interventions, the education curriculum and statewide or district-wide assessments, parent and district requests for special education due process hearings, and procedural p.

3 SHBHB 1257 for special education due process hearings, and procedural safeguards.

4 SHBHB 1257 instructional hours according to the implementation schedule under RCW 28A.150.315.

5 SHBHB 1257 of the school year to meet with parents and families as required in the parent involvement component of the inventory.

6 SHBHB 1257 services under an individualized education program beyond the graduation ceremony.

7 SHBHB 1257 postsecondary goals and courses of study to support postsecondary goals.

8 SHBHB 1257 (e) Indicators of improved economic status and self-sufficiency;

9 SHBHB 1257 (2) The purchase, lease or rental and provision of textbooks, maps, audiovisual equipment, paper, writing instruments, physical education equipment and other instructional equipment, materials and supplies, deemed necessary by the school district for the conduct of the program of education;

10 SHBHB 1257 (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, for students with disabilities under RCW 28A.155.020, and otherwise provided by law, it is the general policy of the state that the common schools shall be open to the admission of all persons who are five years of age and less than 21 years residing in that school district.

11 SHBHB 1257 may be appealed to the superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee:

12 SHBHB 1257 (1) The schools shall be free to residents of the state ((between the ages of three and twenty-one years)) beginning at three years of age and concluding at the end of the school year in which the resident turns 22 years of age, who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing impaired, or with other disabilities where a vision or hearing disability is the major need for services.

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