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| 4 | - | ~tate of utennessee | |
| 5 | - | PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 199 | |
| 6 | - | HOUSE BILL NO. 861 | |
| 7 | - | By Representatives McCalmon, Reeves, Hardaway, Cepicky, Davis | |
| 8 | - | Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1073 | |
| 9 | - | By Senators Johnson, Bowling, Gardenhire, Powers, Stevens, Walley, White | |
| 10 | - | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, | |
| 11 | - | Chapter 6, relative to special education. | |
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| 2 | + | SENATE BILL 1073 | |
| 3 | + | By Johnson | |
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| 5 | + | HOUSE BILL 861 | |
| 6 | + | By McCalmon | |
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| 9 | + | HB0861 | |
| 10 | + | 002944 | |
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| 13 | + | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, | |
| 14 | + | Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to | |
| 15 | + | special education. | |
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| 12 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 13 | - | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-103, is amended by adding | |
| 14 | - | following as a new subsection: | |
| 18 | + | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-103, is amended by adding | |
| 19 | + | the following as a new subsection: | |
| 15 | 20 | (d) | |
| 16 | 21 | (1) An LEA shall notify a parent or guardian of a student at least ten (10) | |
| 17 | - | calendar days before the student's | |
| 18 | - | guardian has an opportunity to attend, unless the parent or guardian and | |
| 22 | + | calendar days before the student's IEP meeting to ensure that the parent or | |
| 23 | + | guardian has an opportunity to attend, unless the parent or guardian and LEA | |
| 19 | 24 | mutually agree to meet prior to ten (10) calendar days in accordance with rules | |
| 20 | 25 | promulgated by the state board of education. | |
| 21 | 26 | (2) An LEA shall provide the following to the parent or guardian of the | |
| 22 | - | student who is the subject of the IEP team meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours | |
| 23 | - | prior to the scheduled IEP team meeting: | |
| 24 | - | (A) A copy of the student's evaluation report that is to be used in | |
| 25 | - | the determination of the student's eligibility for special education or in the | |
| 26 | - | development of the draft IEP; and | |
| 27 | + | student who is the subject of the IEP meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours prior | |
| 28 | + | to the IEP scheduled meeting: | |
| 29 | + | (A) A copy of all evaluations and assessments of the student | |
| 30 | + | conducted for purposes of the student's IEP; and | |
| 27 | 31 | (B) If the LEA creates a draft IEP for the student prior to the IEP | |
| 28 | - | team meeting, then a copy of the student's draft IEP, unless the student's | |
| 29 | - | parent or guardian provides written notice to the LEA more than forty | |
| 30 | - | eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled IEP team meeting declining the | |
| 31 | - | parent's or guardian's right to receive a copy of the draft I EP. | |
| 32 | - | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 861 | |
| 33 | - | PASSED: March 27, 2025 | |
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| 35 | - | CAMERON Sl:XTON, SPEAKER | |
| 36 | - | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 37 | - | ~,._""'4~k)CN | |
| 38 | - | RANDY~MC,ALL Y | |
| 39 | - | SPEAKER OF THE SENATE | |
| 40 | - | APPROVED this l[tf2-day of ~ I 2025 | |
| 41 | - | BILL LEE, GOVERNOR | |
| 32 | + | meeting, then a copy of the student's draft IEP, unless the student's | |
| 33 | + | parent or guardian provides written notice to the LEA more than forty- | |
| 34 | + | eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled IEP meeting declining the parent's | |
| 35 | + | or guardian's right to receive a copy of the draft IEP. | |
| 36 | + | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |