BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3632

By: Moody

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note that many parents, particularly members of the armed forces and certain commissioned corps members, need more time than is currently allowed to request a special education impartial due process hearing for their children. H.B. 3632 seeks to address this issue by providing an exemption from the timeline to request such a hearing under specified circumstances.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3632 amends the Education Code to exempt from the timeline for the parent of a student to request a special education impartial due process hearing under federal law a parent who was prevented from requesting the hearing as provided under specified federal law in regard to certain specific misrepresentations by the local educational agency or such an agency's withholding of certain information and a parent who is a member of the armed forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and is entitled to a tolling of statutes of limitation under specified federal law.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.