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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the review under the Texas Sunset Act of the Texas |
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Education Agency's functions relating to special education |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0105 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0105. SUNSET PROVISION REGARDING SPECIAL SERVICES. |
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(a) In this section, "federal letter" means the letter dated |
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January 11, 2018, issued to the commissioner by the United States |
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Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs |
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addressing the results of that office's visit in Texas and its |
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findings of noncompliance. |
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(b) Separate from the review of the agency required under |
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Section 7.004, the agency is subject to a limited review under |
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Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), of the agency's |
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functions, including its supervisory and monitoring functions, |
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relating to the provision of special services, except that those |
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functions may not be abolished. The review shall be conducted |
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during the period in which state agencies abolished in 2021 are |
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reviewed. |
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(c) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall limit the review |
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under this section to: |
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(1) the efficacy and effectiveness with which the |
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agency administers its special services functions, including its |
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supervisory and monitoring functions relating to the provision of |
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special services; and |
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(2) the corrective actions taken by the agency in |
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response to each finding of noncompliance in the federal letter, |
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including the extent to which the agency has implemented and is |
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complying with its strategic plan and any updates to that plan |
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adopted in response to the federal letter. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |