119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 26, 2025
Empowering Families in Special Education Act
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Latest action (Feb 26, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 26, 2025)
Empowering Families in Special Education Act
This bill establishes a notification requirement related to an individualized education program (IEP). (Generally, IEPs are individualized plans to ensure that a child with a disability receives a free appropriate public education.)
Under current law, states and local educational agencies (LEAs) must convene a team to develop an IEP. The composition of the team that develops the IEP is outlined in current law and allows for other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child (including related services personnel, as appropriate) to participate in this team. This bill requires the LEA that serves the child to notify the child's parents of their right to include these other individuals with knowledge or special expertise on the child's IEP team.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Disability assistance · Special education · Teaching, teachers, curricula
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Education
$490,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t bill) S.4269, Restoring College Access and Affordability Act S.3010, 21st Century Dyslexia Act S.3589, Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act (RISE Act) S.745, Empowering Families in Special Education Act H.R.7536, Generating Relief for Academic Debt Using Assisted Tax Efficiency (GRADUATE) Act Students Not Profits A…
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AUTISM SPEAKS · lobbying firm or registrant: AUTISM SPEAKS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…all provisions H.R. 1436/S.627, ENABLE Act, all provisions H.R. 1520, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 1570/S.745, EmpoweringFamiliesin Special Education Act, all provisions H.R. 1621, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1634, ThinkDI…
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AUTISM SPEAKS · lobbying firm or registrant: AUTISM SPEAKS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…all provisions H.R. 1436/S.627, ENABLE Act, all provisions H.R. 1520, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 1570/S.745, EmpoweringFamiliesin Special Education Act, all provisions H.R. 1621, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1634, ThinkDI…
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AUTISM SPEAKS · lobbying firm or registrant: AUTISM SPEAKS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 19, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…all provisions H.R. 1436/S.627, ENABLE Act, all provisions H.R. 1520, CharlotteWoodwardOrgan Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 1570/S.745, EmpoweringFamiliesin Special Education Act, all provisions H.R. 1621, Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1634, ThinkDI…
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ARC OF THE UNITED STATES · lobbying firm or registrant: THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Education
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
…aint and Seclusion IDEA Funding Medicaid in Schools Changes and Restructuring of The U.S. Department of Education S.986/H.R. 1810- Safe Schools Improvement Act S. 745/H.R. 1570- Empowering Families in Special Education Act S. 292/H.R. 833- Educational Choice for Children Act H.R. 2333- Protecting Students with Disabilities A…
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