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Floor Packet Page No. 79
Amend HB 2 as follows:
(1) On page 6, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
(f) The study required by Subsection (e) must include a
component on funding elements relating to special education
programs and services. The special education component must include
a review of the current funding elements relating to special
education program and services, an analysis of funding mechanisms
used by other states, the solicitation and consideration of
recommendations from persons with expertise in the area of special
education, a review of best practices in the area of special
education, and the development of recommendations for a funding
system that supports success for students with disabilities and
that appropriately recognizes the variance in needs for specialized
services, including related services, without providing fiscal
incentives to improperly identify or fail to identify students who
need special education services. Regardless of the date on which
the report under Subsection (e) is required to be submitted, the
board shall submit a report on the results of the special education
component required by this subsection to the commissioner and the
legislature not later than December 1, 2006. This subsection
expires January 1, 2007.
(2) On page 9, line 27, strike "Except as provided by
Subsection (m), funds" and substitute "Funds".
(3) On page 11, strike lines 11-15.
(4) On page 101, strike lines 17-20 and substitute the
following:
Sec. 29.0164. SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER: CONFLICT OF
INTEREST PROVISIONS. A special education hearing officer may not
accept employment or compensation from a school district during a
school year in which the hearing officer presides over a hearing to
which the district is a party.