SENATE BILL 1073
By Johnson
HOUSE BILL 861
By McCalmon
HB0861
002944
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
special education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-103, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
(d)
(1) An LEA shall notify a parent or guardian of a student at least ten (10)
calendar days before the student's IEP meeting to ensure that the parent or
guardian has an opportunity to attend, unless the parent or guardian and LEA
mutually agree to meet prior to ten (10) calendar days in accordance with rules
promulgated by the state board of education.
(2) An LEA shall provide the following to the parent or guardian of the
student who is the subject of the IEP meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours prior
to the IEP scheduled meeting:
(A) A copy of all evaluations and assessments of the student
conducted for purposes of the student's IEP; and
(B) If the LEA creates a draft IEP for the student prior to the IEP
meeting, then a copy of the student's draft IEP, unless the student's
parent or guardian provides written notice to the LEA more than forty-
eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled IEP meeting declining the parent's
or guardian's right to receive a copy of the draft IEP.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.