ENROLLEDHFAHB342 224 3773 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Representative Knox to Engrossed House Bill No.

342 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative KNOX,Knox ADAMS,AMENDMENT AMEDEE,NO. BAYHAM, BERAULT, BOYD, BROUSSARD, CARPENTER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, EDMONSTON, EGAN, FISHER, FREIBERG, GREEN, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, LACOMBE, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN,LYONS,MARCELLE,MARTINEZ,MENA,MOORE,NEWELL, OWEN,PHELPS,SCHAMERHORN,SPELL,STAGNI,TAYLOR,VENTRELLA, WALTERS, WILEY, WYBLE, YOUNG, AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To enact R.S.

17:1946(B)(3),1 relativeOn topage special1, education;between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

to"Section provide1. for special education due process hearings;

toThis provideAct thatshall localbe educationknown agenciesand shallmay havebe cited as the burden"Erin ofCarpenter, proofCorinth inCorley, suchLandryCravins, hearingsZachryEdmonston, relativeCarter toHart, theCameron appropriatenessHogan, ofVinaya aMartin, student'sand currentHenry orLee proposedplacementorprogram;toprovideforhowtheburdenofproofshallbemet;Wray Act"." AMENDMENT NO.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Vinaya Alexander, Landry Bell, Noah Cannino, Erin Carpenter, Corinth Corley, Zachry Edmonston, Carter Hart, Cameron Hogan, Eden Emily Robinson, Sammy Rollins, and Henry Lee Wray Act".

Section 2.

R.S.

17:1946(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§1946.

Procedural safeguards * * * B.

* * * (3) In anyspecial education due process hearing, the local educationagency shall have the burden of proof, including the burden of persuasion and production, relative to the appropriateness of a student's program or placement or the Page 1 of 2 CODING:

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342 ENROLLED appropriateness of the program or placement proposed by the agency.

This burden shall be met by a preponderance of the evidence.

* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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