By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) H.B. No. 3632
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
  May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to 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.  EXTENDED TIMELINE TO REQUEST SPECIAL
  EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARING. (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 Public Health
  Service.
         (b)  The timeline for the parent of a student to request an
  impartial due process hearing under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(b) does
  not apply if:
               (1)  the parent is a servicemember and is entitled to a
  tolling of statutes of limitation under 50 U.S.C. Section 3936(a);
  or
               (2)  the parent was prevented from requesting the
  hearing as provided under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(f)(3)(D). 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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