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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the timeline for a parent to request a special education |
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impartial due process hearing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0163 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0163. REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS |
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HEARING. A parent or person standing in parental relation may |
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request an impartial due process hearing brought under 20 U.S.C. |
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Section 1415 not later than two years after the date the parent or |
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other person knew or should have known about the issue that forms |
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the basis of the person's complaint about special education |
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services. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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request for a special education impartial due process hearing |
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brought under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415 made on or after the effective |
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date of this Act without regard to the date on which the parent or |
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person standing in parental relation knew or should have known |
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about the issue that forms the basis of the person's complaint. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |