Amend CSSB 619 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 1 of the bill as appropriate:
SECTION 1.____. SPECIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.0105 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0105. SUNSET REVIEW OF SPECIAL SERVICES. (a) Separate from the review of the agency required under Section 7.004, the agency is subject to a limited review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), of the efficacy and effectiveness with which the agency administers the agency's special services functions, including the agency's supervisory and monitoring functions relating to the provision of special services, except that those functions may not be abolished. The review shall be conducted during the period in which state agencies abolished in 2021 are reviewed.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2021.