| 1 | 1 | | 81R11092 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Whitmire S.B. No. 2356 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to procedures applicable to the provision of special |
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| 8 | 8 | | education services to public school students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b-1) Unless otherwise provided by federal law, a member of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the committee established under Subsection (a) or any other person |
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| 14 | 14 | | associated with the committee is not entitled to have an attorney |
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| 15 | 15 | | present at a committee meeting. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 17 | 17 | | read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 29.006. CONTINUING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The |
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| 19 | 19 | | governor shall appoint a continuing advisory committee, composed of |
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| 20 | 20 | | 17 members, under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(21). The appointments |
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| 21 | 21 | | are not subject to confirmation by the senate. Members of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | committee are appointed for staggered terms of four years with the |
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| 23 | 23 | | terms of eight or nine members expiring on February 1 of each |
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| 24 | 24 | | odd-numbered year. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) The agency shall promptly provide the continuing |
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| 26 | 26 | | advisory committee with a copy of each written decision resulting |
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| 27 | 27 | | from a special education due process hearing conducted by or on |
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| 28 | 28 | | behalf of the agency in accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1415. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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