Amend CSHB 1225 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered section to the bill and renumbering the subsequent 
sections accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 29.0165 to read as follows:
	Sec. 29.0165. TRANSFER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS 
HEARING FUNCTIONS TO STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. (a) 
Not later than December 1, 2003, the agency and the State Office of 
Administrative Hearings shall jointly determine whether it would be 
cost-effective for the agency to transfer all or part of the 
agency's special education due process hearings functions under 
Section 29.016 to the State Office of Administrative Hearings by 
interagency contract.
	(b) If, in accordance with Subsection (a), the agency and the 
State Office of Administrative Hearings jointly determine that it 
would be cost-effective for the agency to transfer all or part of 
the agency's special education due process hearings functions under 
Section 29.016 to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the 
agency and the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall enter 
into an interagency contract to transfer the appropriate functions 
accordingly.
	(c) An interagency contract entered into under Subsection (b) 
shall specify that the agency retains the authority to issue an 
order or decision authorizing an evaluation of a student's 
eligibility for special education services based on a proposed 
decision of the State Office of Administrative Hearings.  An 
interagency contract under this section may not transfer to the 
State Office of Administrative Hearings the authority to issue an 
order or decision authorizing the evaluation of a student.