H.R. 510: TEAM-Education Act of 2013

Introduced:
Feb 05, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS3]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on February 5, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Feb 05, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 05, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

2% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
5 cosponsors (4D, 1R) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

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Full Title

To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to make improvements to the individualized education program under that Act and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Feb 05, 2013.
17 pages

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2/5/2013--Introduced.
Transition toward Excellence, Achievement and Mobility through Education Act of 2013 or TEAM-Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to allow states to use special education grant funds to contract with entities that have the experience to assist disabled children in accomplishing the transition objectives outlined in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Conditions a state's eligibility for such grant funds on its having a plan to coordinate state efforts to transition disabled youth into adulthood.
Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide a disabled child and his or her parents, when the child's secondary education ends, with a comprehensive record of the child's work experiences and skills that would be relevant to prospective employers, post-secondary education programs, career placement services, and mentors.
Requires IEPs, after a child attains age 14, to describe:
(1) the transition services to be provided to assist the child in reaching postsecondary goals, and
(2) the training the child will receive to empower the child to act on his or her own behalf.
(Currently, IEPs are to address postsecondary goals and transition services when children turn 16.) Requires an IEP team:
(1) to include a representative of the state intellectual and developmental disabilities agency after a disabled child attains age 14, if the child is expected to be eligible to receive certain adult services upon reaching adulthood;
(2) to consider the transition services necessary to assist the child to attain postsecondary education, integrated employment, independent living, and community participation;
(3) at the request of a 14 year old disabled child, to take certain steps to enable his or her parents to advocate at IEP team meetings on the child's behalf; and
(4) after the child attains age 14, to evaluate the progress made in meeting, and discuss any additional services that may be needed to meet, the child's transition objectives.
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to states to assist LEAs in establishing transition service coordinators.

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