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.