Students with disabilities; individualized accommodations and supports during emergency evacuations.

Changed the requirement for IEPs to address emergency accommodations from mandatory to optional, allowing IEP teams discretion on whether to include such language.

Added language clarifying that IEP teams should be supported by school administration when developing emergency accommodation language.

Added a specific requirement that for initial IEPs, the team must discuss whether the student requires emergency accommodations and supports.

Changed the proposing committee from House Committee on Education to Senate Committee on Education and Health, and updated the date from January 15, 2025 to February 6, 2025.

Reordered the title of the bill from 'emergency evacuations and situations' to 'emergency situations and evacuations'.

Changed the requirement for IEPs to include emergency accommodation language from optional (if deemed appropriate by the IEP team) to mandatory for all eligible students.

Added specific timing requirement that emergency accommodations must be addressed at the next IEP meeting where the parent is present and consents to implementation.

Changed the title order from 'emergency situations and evacuations' to 'emergency evacuations and situations' for consistency.

Added formatting changes including page numbers, bill identifiers, and committee information typical of a House substitute version.

Changed from mandatory inclusion of emergency protocol addendums in all IEPs and Section 504 Plans to allowing IEP teams discretion to include such accommodations when deemed appropriate.

Added requirement that IEP teams be supported by school administration when developing emergency accommodation language.

Added requirement that initial IEPs must discuss whether students require emergency accommodations and supports.

Added Department of Education responsibility to provide guidance to local school divisions on supporting IEP teams for students with disabilities, including those with mobility impairments.

Added exemption for students placed in private day or residential school settings from the emergency accommodation requirements.