H.B. No. 3632
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice of an extension of the timeline for a parent to
  request a special education impartial due process hearing in
  certain circumstances.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
         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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3632 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3632 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3632 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor