Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 469 amends the Education Code to extend until September 1, 2005, certain notice requirements relating to the expulsion from school and placement in a county juvenile justice alternative education program (JJAEP) of a student with disabilities who receives special education services. The notice requirements allow a representative of the JJAEP to attend a meeting of the student's admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee and to take part in any discussion about the student's placement; if, after placement, the JJAEP administrator notifies the school district of concerns that the student's needs are not being met in the program, further notice requirements allow a JJAEP representative to attend a subsequent meeting of the ARD committee and to take part in discussions regarding the student's continued placement. These reciprocal notice requirements were scheduled to expire September 1, 2003.