Bill Text: TX HB3632 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice of an extension of the timeline for a parent to request a special education impartial due process hearing in certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3632 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3632-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3632 |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
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 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |