By Luna H.B. No. 1733
76R5093 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a continuing advisory panel to provide policy guidance
1-3 concerning special education and related services.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 29.006. CONTINUING ADVISORY PANEL [COMMITTEE]. (a)
1-8 The governor shall appoint a continuing advisory panel [committee,
1-9 composed of 17 members,] under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(21) and
1-10 its subsequent amendments [1413(a)(12)]. The appointments are not
1-11 subject to confirmation by the senate. Members of the panel
1-12 [committee] are appointed for staggered terms of four years with
1-13 the terms of as nearly as possible to one-half of the [eight or
1-14 nine] members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
1-15 (b) For purposes of panel membership:
1-16 (1) a person who stands in parental relation to a
1-17 student receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities
1-18 Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.) and its subsequent
1-19 amendments is considered a parent of a child with disabilities; and
1-20 (2) a parent who is an employee of a school district
1-21 or of any program that delivers services under the Individuals with
1-22 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.) and its
1-23 subsequent amendments is not considered a parent of a child with
1-24 disabilities.
2-1 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the terms of members of the
2-2 continuing advisory panel as specified under Section 29.006(a),
2-3 Education Code, as amended by this Act, on February 1, 2001, all
2-4 positions on the panel shall be filled. Members of the panel
2-5 appointed to serve beginning on February 1, 2001, shall be
2-6 appointed so that representation on the panel complies with Section
2-7 29.006(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act, and with the
2-8 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et
2-9 seq.) and its subsequent amendments. Those members shall draw lots
2-10 for terms in accordance with Section 29.006(a), Education Code, as
2-11 amended by this Act.
2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-18 passage, and it is so enacted.