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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 199

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 861

                 By Representatives McCalmon, Reeves, Hardaway, Cepicky, Davis

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1073

          By Senators Johnson, Bowling, Gardenhire, Powers, Stevens, Walley, White

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49,
Chapter 6, relative to special education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-103, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (d)

                              (1) An LEA shall notify a parent or guardian of a student at least ten (10)
                    calendar days before the student's IEP team meeting to ensure that the parent or
                    guardian has an opportunity to attend, unless the parent or guardian and the LEA
                    mutually agree to meet prior to ten (10) calendar days in accordance with rules
                    promulgated by the state board of education.

                              (2) An LEA shall provide the following to the parent or guardian of the
                    student who is the subject of the IEP team meeting at least forty-eight (48) hours
                    prior to the scheduled IEP team meeting:

                                         (A) A copy of the student's evaluation report that is to be used in
                              the determination of the student's eligibility for special education or in the
                              development of the draft IEP; and

                                         (B) If the LEA creates a draft IEP for the student prior to the IEP
                              team meeting, then a copy of the student's draft IEP, unless the student's
                               parent or guardian provides written notice to the LEA more than forty-
                              eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled IEP team meeting declining the
                               parent's or guardian's right to receive a copy of the draft IEP.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 861

PASSED:  March 27, 2025

                         CAMERON Sl:XTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                        RANDY~MC,ALLY

                                 SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

~ I APPROVED this l[tf2- day of         2025

BILL LEE, GOVERNOR