Bill Text: TX HB2056 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to representation of a person in a special education impartial due process hearing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB2056 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2056-Introduced.html
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| By: Allen | H.B. No. 2056 | |
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| relating to representation of a person in a special education | ||
| impartial due process hearing. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.0162 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.0162. REPRESENTATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE | ||
| PROCESS HEARING. A person in an impartial due process hearing | ||
| brought under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415 may be represented by: | ||
| (1) an attorney who is licensed in this state; or | ||
| (2) an individual with special knowledge or training | ||
| with respect to problems of children with disabilities. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 29.0162, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to representation at an impartial due | ||
| process hearing brought under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415 that begins on | ||
| or after the effective date of the Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
