Senate Bill
S. 2945
Safe Transit Accountability Act
Primary Sponsor
Mike Lee
Senator
Cosponsors
3
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Summary
This bill aims to expand special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-disabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. It establishes new requirements for states to identify and evaluate these students, and prohibits the closure of specialized schools serving these populations without consequences. The bill also authorizes support for training special education teachers and establishes a new center to better support students with visual disabilities.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Safe Transit Accountability Act
This bill aims to expand special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-disabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. It establishes new requirements for states to identify and evaluate these students, and
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This bill aims to expand special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-disabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. It establishes new requirements for states to identify and evaluate these students, and prohibits the closure of specialized schools serving these populations without consequences. The bill also authorizes support for training special education teachers and establishes a new center to better support students with visual disabilities.
- Bill Number
- 2945
- Sponsor
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Introduced
- 9/30/2025
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Policy Area
- Education
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- Title
- Safe Transit Accountability Act
- Bill Number
- 2945
- Sponsor
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced
- 9/30/2025
- Summary
- This bill aims to expand special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-disabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind. It establishes new requirements for states to identify and evaluate these students, and prohibits the closure of specialized sc
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