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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL 861 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By McCalmon |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL 1073 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Johnson |
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| 9 | 9 | | SB1073 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 002944 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to |
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| 15 | 15 | | special education. |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-103, is amended by adding |
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| 19 | 19 | | the following as a new subsection: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) An LEA shall notify a parent or guardian of a student at least ten (10) |
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| 22 | 22 | | calendar days before the student's IEP meeting to ensure that the parent or |
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| 23 | 23 | | guardian has an opportunity to attend, unless the parent or guardian and LEA |
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| 24 | 24 | | mutually agree to meet prior to ten (10) calendar days in accordance with rules |
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| 25 | 25 | | promulgated by the state board of education. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) An LEA shall provide the following to the parent or guardian of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | student who is the subject of the IEP meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours prior |
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| 28 | 28 | | to the IEP scheduled meeting: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) A copy of all evaluations and assessments of the student |
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| 30 | 30 | | conducted for purposes of the student's IEP; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) If the LEA creates a draft IEP for the student prior to the IEP |
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| 32 | 32 | | meeting, then a copy of the student's draft IEP, unless the student's |
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| 33 | 33 | | parent or guardian provides written notice to the LEA more than forty- |
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| 34 | 34 | | eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled IEP meeting declining the parent's |
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| 35 | 35 | | or guardian's right to receive a copy of the draft IEP. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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