TITLE: Relating to the required completion date of a report concerning an initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services.

SUMMARY: Relating to the required completion date of a report concerning an initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the required completion date of a report concerning an initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 29.004, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A written report of a full individual and initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services shall be completed not later than the 60th school [calendar] day following the date on which the school district, in accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1414(a), as amended, receives written consent for the evaluation, signed by the student's parent or legal guardian. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. 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.