SUMMARY AS OF:
2/9/1999--Introduced.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1999 - Amends the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to revise provisions relating
to the placement of children in alternative educational settings under IDEA.
Eliminates a 45-day maximum on certain extended (beyond ten-day) alternative
placements (currently allowed in cases of a child's carrying weapons or
possessing, using, or selling drugs at school or a school function). Allows a
school to also place a child with a disability in an alternative educational
setting for such an extended period if the child intentionally exhibits violent
behavior that has resulted in, or could have resulted in, physical injury to the
child or to others while at school or at a school function under the
jurisdiction of a State or local agency.
Limits the corrective actions that the Secretary of Education may take
against a State that does not provide IDEA services to 18- to 21-year-old prison
inmates to a proportionate withholding or reduction in Federal IDEA funds.