SENATE DOCKET, NO. 897        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 222

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to maintain short term objectives for students with disabilities..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 71B, Section 2 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following sentence after line 12 of paragraph 3-:  

A child’s individualized education program, or IEP, as defined is 20 USC sec 1401 (14) shall include a statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals, and a description of benchmarks or short-term objectives.