Texas § 29.456 FAILURE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CENTER TO AGREE.

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§ 29.456 — FAILURE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CENTER TO AGREE.

Texas § 29.456

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Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 29.456 (2026).

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Sec. 29.456. FAILURE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CENTER TO AGREE.

(a)If a school district in which alleged offender residents are enrolled in school and the forensic state supported living center fail to agree on the services required for residents or responsibility for those services, the district or center may refer the issue in disagreement to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(b)If the commissioner of education and the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission are unable to bring the school district and forensic state supported living center to agreement, the commissioners shall jointly submit a written request to the attorney general to appoint a neutral third party knowledgeable in special educ

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Sec. 29.456. FAILURE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CENTER TO AGREE. (a) If a school district in which alleged offender residents are enrolled in school and the forensic state supported living center fail to agree on the services required for residents or responsibility for those services, the district or center may refer the issue in disagreement to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of the Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(b) If the commissioner of education and the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission are unable to bring the school district and forensic state supported living center to agreement, the commissioners shall jointly submit a written request to the attorney general to appoint a neutral third party knowledgeable in special education and intellectual and developmental disability issues to resolve each issue on which the district and the center disagree. The decision of the neutral third party is final and may not be appealed. The district and the center shall implement the decision of the neutral third party. The commissioner of education or the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that the district and the center implement the decision of the neutral third party.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (S.B. 643 ), Sec. 2, eff. June 11, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1279 (H.B. 965 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.