H.B. No. 3632
AN ACT
relating to notice of an 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. PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MILITARY FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. (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 United States Public
Health Service.
(b) The agency must include in the notice of procedural
safeguards that the statute of limitations for the parent of a
student to request an impartial due process hearing under 20 U.S.C.
Section 1415(b) may be tolled if the parent is an active-duty
servicemember and 50 U.S.C. Section 3936 applies to the parent.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3632 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3632 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3632 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor