85R25508 SRS-D     By: Uresti H.B. No. 4226     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4226:     By:  Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 4226       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation of the special education continuing   advisory committee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:          (d)  The committee shall provide a procedure for members of   the public to speak at committee meetings. The procedure may not   require a member of the public to register to speak earlier than the   day of the meeting.          (e)  The agency must post on the agency's Internet website:                (1)  contact information for the committee, including   an e-mail address;                (2)  notice of each public meeting of the committee;                (3)  minutes of each public meeting of the committee;   and                (4)  guidance concerning how to submit public comments   to the committee.          (f)  The committee shall develop a policy to encourage public   participation with the committee.          (g)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the   committee shall submit a report to the agency with recommended   changes to state law and agency rules relating to special   education, including a summary of the committee's discussion on   recommended changes. The committee shall include in the report an   appendix with the committee's current policy on encouraging public   participation, as required by Subsection (f), and public comments.     The agency shall forward the report to the legislature, accompanied   by any additional comments considered appropriate by the agency.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.