86R4444 SOS-D
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 2848
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the review under the Texas Sunset Act of the Texas
Education Agency's functions relating to special education
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.0105 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0105. SUNSET PROVISION REGARDING SPECIAL SERVICES.
(a) In this section, "federal letter" means the letter dated
January 11, 2018, issued to the commissioner by the United States
Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs
addressing the results of that office's visit in Texas and its
findings of noncompliance.
(b) Separate from the review of the agency required under
Section 7.004, the agency is subject to a limited review under
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), of the agency's
functions, including its supervisory and monitoring functions,
relating to the provision of special services, except that those
functions may not be abolished. The review shall be conducted
during the period in which state agencies abolished in 2021 are
reviewed.
(c) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall limit the review
under this section to:
(1) the efficacy and effectiveness with which the
agency administers its special services functions, including its
supervisory and monitoring functions relating to the provision of
special services; and
(2) the corrective actions taken by the agency in
response to each finding of noncompliance in the federal letter,
including the extent to which the agency has implemented and is
complying with its strategic plan and any updates to that plan
adopted in response to the federal letter.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2021.
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, 2019.