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Committee hears substitute bill to extend special‑education services through school year of 22nd birthday
Summary
Substitute SB 5253 would require special education and related services be provided through the end of the school year in which a student turns 22 (or at graduation), reversing earlier age‑cutoff practice; OSPI and DSHS estimated indeterminate but material costs and the Senate budget included funding at the fiscal‑note levels.
The Appropriations Committee heard briefing and broad stakeholder support for Substitute Senate Bill 5253, which would extend special education and related services to the end of the school year in which a student with disabilities turns 22 (or at high‑school graduation, whichever occurs first).
Megan Wargacki, counsel to the education committee, summarized the bill and case background. She said the bill responds to a November 2024 federal district court order in ND v. Reykdal, which found Washington’s policy of aging students out of special education at age 21 conflicted with federal Individuals with…
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