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Senate bill · PS 1068

Add Right to Relocation for Students with Disabilities

This bill adds a new section to a law to ensure students with disabilities can be relocated to a less restrictive environment. The law aims to enable this right and provide additional complementary provisions.

Para añadir un nuevo inciso (24) al Artículo 6 de la Ley 51-1996, según enmendada, denominada “Ley de Servicios Educativos Integrales para Personas con Impedimentos”, con el fin de viabilizar el derecho a la reubicación en el ambiente menos restrictivo posible reconocido al estudiantado del Programa de Educación Especial por el ordenamiento local y federal; y para decretar otras disposiciones complementarias.

Puerto Rico Legislature’s bill record, via Open States

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Where it stands

Open
262 days
Filed Feb 9
Last step
49 days ago
Sep 10
Sent to committee
Stage
Passed a chamber
Step 4 of 5
  1. IntroducedFeb 9
  2. In committeeFeb 12
  3. On the floorSep 3
  4. Passed a chamberSep 3
  5. Became lawNot yet
Sponsors
María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón, Adrián González Costa
Filed in
The Senate

Read the original bill, in Spanish: PS 1068

Every step

On record, newest first.

  1. In House committee

    1. First reading in the House

      Aparece en Primera Lectura de la Cámara

    2. Sent to committee

      Referido a Comisión(es)

  2. Passed the Senate

    1. On the Senate floor calendar

      En el Calendario de Ordenes Especiales del Senado

    2. The committee report's amendments approved

      Aprobado con enmiendas del informe

    3. Floor amendments approved

      Aprobado con enmiendas en sala

    4. Passed by the Senate on final vote

      Aprobado por el Senado en Votación Final

    5. Final text sent to the House

      Texto de Aprobación Final enviado a la Cámara

  3. In Senate committee

    1. Sent to the Senate Rules and Calendar Committee

      Remitido a la Comisión de Reglas y Calendario del Senado

    2. First committee report filed, with amendments

      1er Informe Comisión rendido con enmiendas

    3. The bill's text with the report's amendments marked in, filed

      Entirillado del Informe

  4. In Senate committee

    1. First reading in the Senate

      Aparece en Primera Lectura del Senado

    2. Sent to committee

      Referido a Comisión(es)

  5. Introduced

    Filed

    Radicado

Bill data via Open States / Plural Policy (public domain). The English title and summary are AI-generated from the official Spanish text; each step is the legislature’s own wording in plain English, with the Spanish beneath it.