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| 1 | + | 85R4434 SRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Uresti H.B. No. 4226 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4226: | |
| 4 | - | By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 4226 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the operation of the special education continuing | |
| 10 | 8 | advisory committee. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | - | adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | - | (d) The committee shall provide a procedure for members of | |
| 11 | + | adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | + | (d) Committee meetings must be conducted in compliance with | |
| 13 | + | Chapter 551, Government Code. | |
| 14 | + | (e) The committee shall provide a procedure for members of | |
| 15 | 15 | the public to speak at committee meetings. The procedure may not | |
| 16 | 16 | require a member of the public to register to speak earlier than the | |
| 17 | 17 | day of the meeting. | |
| 18 | - | ( | |
| 18 | + | (f) The agency must post on the agency's Internet website: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) contact information for the committee, including | |
| 20 | 20 | an e-mail address; | |
| 21 | - | (2) notice of each public meeting of the committee; | |
| 22 | - | (3) minutes of each public meeting of the committee; | |
| 23 | - | and | |
| 21 | + | (2) notice of each open meeting of the committee; | |
| 22 | + | (3) minutes of each open meeting of the committee; and | |
| 24 | 23 | (4) guidance concerning how to submit public comments | |
| 25 | 24 | to the committee. | |
| 26 | - | ( | |
| 25 | + | (g) The committee shall develop a policy to encourage public | |
| 27 | 26 | participation with the committee. | |
| 28 | - | ( | |
| 29 | - | committee shall submit a report to the | |
| 27 | + | (h) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | |
| 28 | + | committee shall submit a report to the legislature with recommended | |
| 30 | 29 | changes to state law and agency rules relating to special | |
| 31 | - | education, including a summary of the committee's discussion on | |
| 32 | - | recommended changes. The committee shall include in the report an | |
| 33 | - | appendix with the committee's current policy on encouraging public | |
| 34 | - | participation, as required by Subsection (f), and public comments. | |
| 35 | - | The agency shall forward the report to the legislature, accompanied | |
| 36 | - | by any additional comments considered appropriate by the agency. | |
| 37 | - | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
| 30 | + | education. The committee shall include the committee's current | |
| 31 | + | policy on encouraging public participation, as required by | |
| 32 | + | Subsection (g), in the report. | |
| 33 | + | SECTION 2. Section 29.006(d), Education Code, as added by | |
| 34 | + | this Act, applies only to an open meeting of the special education | |
| 35 | + | continuing advisory committee held on or after the effective date | |
| 36 | + | of this Act. | |
| 37 | + | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |