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By: Hall, et al. |
S.B. No. 111 |
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(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; |
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May 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 7, 2025, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 111 |
By: Menéndez |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting by school districts regarding special |
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education legal proceedings in which a certain amount of legal fees |
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has been incurred by the district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 44, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 44.903 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 44.903. REPORTING ON SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWSUITS. (a) |
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This section applies only to a due process complaint against a |
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school district alleging a violation of federal or state special |
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education laws. |
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(b) Each month, a school district shall post on the |
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district's Internet website and submit to the agency a report |
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regarding each ongoing legal proceeding to which this section |
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applies for which the district's legal fees exceed $10,000, |
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including: |
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(1) the general subject matter of the proceeding; and |
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(2) the total amount of legal fees incurred by the |
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district for the proceeding as of the date on which the report is |
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made. |
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(c) A report required under Subsection (b) may not include |
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personally identifiable student information and must comply with |
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the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. |
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Section 1232g). |
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(d) Each month, the agency shall compile and post on the |
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agency's Internet website the information reported to the agency |
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under Subsection (b) for the preceding month. The information must |
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be both aggregated statewide and disaggregated by school district. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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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, 2025. |
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