Amend HB 3632 (senate committee printing) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.0163 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0163. PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MILITARY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. (a) In this section, "servicemember" means a member of:
(1) the armed forces;
(2) the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
(3) the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.
(b) The agency must include in the notice of procedural safeguards that the statute of limitations for the parent of a student to request an impartial due process hearing under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(b) may be tolled if the parent is an active-duty servicemember and 50 U.S.C. Section 3936 applies to the parent.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.