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Senate Bill 709 |
Senate Author: Lucio |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Allen |
Senate Bill 709 amends the Education Code to authorize a person in an impartial special education due process hearing brought under federal law to be represented either by an attorney who is licensed in Texas or by an individual who is not an attorney licensed in Texas but who has special knowledge or training with respect to problems of children with disabilities and who satisfies qualifications prescribed by commissioner of education rule. The bill requires the commissioner by rule to adopt additional qualifications required of a representative who is not an attorney licensed in Texas for purposes of providing such representation and requires a special education due process hearing officer to determine whether an individual satisfies those qualifications.