82R5494 PAM-F
By: Patrick H.B. No. 861
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee
for special education services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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). At least one
member appointed under this subsection must be a director of
special education programs for a school district or for a shared
services arrangement of multiple school districts as provided by
Section 29.007.
(b) The appointments are not subject to confirmation by the
senate.
(c) 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.
SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2013, the governor
shall appoint a member to the continuing advisory committee as
necessary to ensure that the composition of the committee complies
with Section 29.006, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
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, 2011.