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