HB 289 -- SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS (Wallace)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Committee on Elementary and Secondary
Education

Currently, a special education due process hearing requires a
five-business-day notice for the introduction of evidence unless
it is an expedited hearing.  This bill removes the exception for
expedited hearings and makes the five-day notice applicable to
all special education due process hearings.

Currently, if a resolution session or preliminary meeting to
discuss a special education placement reaches a settlement, the
written settlement agreement will be implemented.  The bill
clarifies that the designee of the responsible public agency must
sign the agreement and that the agency, usually the local school
district, must identify a designee who has the authority to bind
the agency.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:24 am