By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) H.B. No. 3632
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to extension of the timeline for a parent to request a
special education impartial due process hearing in certain
circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.0163 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0163. EXTENDED TIMELINE TO REQUEST SPECIAL
EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARING. (a) In this section,
"servicemember" means a member of:
(1) the armed forces;
(2) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; or
(3) the commissioned corps of the Public Health
Service.
(b) The timeline for the parent of a student to request an
impartial due process hearing under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(b) does
not apply if:
(1) the parent is a servicemember and is entitled to a
tolling of statutes of limitation under 50 U.S.C. Section 3936(a);
or
(2) the parent was prevented from requesting the
hearing as provided under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(f)(3)(D).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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