H. B. 4730
(By Delegates Sumner and Poling)
[Introduced
February 27, 2004
; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-20-1e, relating
to limiting the number of exceptional students in regular
education classes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-20-1e, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 20. EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN.
§18-20-1e. Integrated classrooms serving students with exceptional
needs; limitations.
When placing students with exceptional needs and their special
education teacher into a regular education class classroom, the
number of exceptional students served in one instructional period shall not exceed eight students at the early childhood education
level or ten students at the middle and adolescent education
levels.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of
exceptional students to be included in a regular education class
classroom.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.