85R25508 SRS-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 4226
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4226:
By: Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 4226
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of the special education continuing
advisory committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
(d) The committee shall provide a procedure for members of
the public to speak at committee meetings. The procedure may not
require a member of the public to register to speak earlier than the
day of the meeting.
(e) The agency must post on the agency's Internet website:
(1) contact information for the committee, including
an e-mail address;
(2) notice of each public meeting of the committee;
(3) minutes of each public meeting of the committee;
and
(4) guidance concerning how to submit public comments
to the committee.
(f) The committee shall develop a policy to encourage public
participation with the committee.
(g) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
committee shall submit a report to the agency with recommended
changes to state law and agency rules relating to special
education, including a summary of the committee's discussion on
recommended changes. The committee shall include in the report an
appendix with the committee's current policy on encouraging public
participation, as required by Subsection (f), and public comments.
The agency shall forward the report to the legislature, accompanied
by any additional comments considered appropriate by the agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.