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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date by which a school district must complete a |
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report of an initial evaluation of a student for special education |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A written report of a full individual and initial |
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evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services |
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shall be completed not later than: |
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(1) the 60th school [calendar] day of the student's |
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actual school attendance following the date on which the school |
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district, in accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1414(a), as amended, |
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receives written consent for the evaluation, signed by the |
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student's parent or legal guardian; or |
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(2) for a prekindergarten student, the 60th school day |
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following the date on which the school district receives written |
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consent for the evaluation, signed by the student's parent or legal |
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guardian. |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), "school day" does not |
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include a day that falls after the last instructional day of the |
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spring school term and before the first instructional day of the |
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subsequent fall school term. The commissioner by rule may |
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determine days during which year-round schools are recessed that, |
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consistent with this subsection, are not considered to be school |
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days for purposes of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.004(a), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to completion of a report of a full individual and |
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initial evaluation of a public school student for purposes of |
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special education services only as to an initial evaluation |
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performed on or after September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |