Bill Text: TX HB4720 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for an annual audit report filed by a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB4720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4720-Introduced.html
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By: Howard | H.B. No. 4720 |
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relating to requirements for an annual audit report filed by a | ||
school district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 44.0081 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 44.0081. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN LEGAL FEES IN REPORT. A | ||
school district shall include in the district's annual audit report | ||
filed under Section 44.008 as a separately itemized expense all | ||
legal fees incurred by the district in connection with providing | ||
special education services, including legal fees incurred for | ||
representation in impartial due process hearings brought under 20 | ||
U.S.C. Section 1415. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an annual audit report submitted by a school district for a | ||
fiscal year that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |