SRC-MKV, S.B. 176 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 176
77R2204 BDH-DBy: Zaffirini
Education
2/23/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, school districts are required to provide parents with a written
or audiotaped Spanish translation of a child's special education plan if
the parents' native language is Spanish.  Many special education teachers
expressed concern that this law places a burden on them, is timeconsuming,
and keeps them from spending valuable time with the students.  S.B. 176
amends current law to provide the parents with the ability to waive the
written or audiotaped translation of the special education plan. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 29.005, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(e), to provide that a parent may waive the right to a translation required
under Subsection (d). 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.