Pete Sessions: “I want him to understand clearly that under the example cited about a child who was frustrated because they could not…”

“I want him to understand clearly that under the example cited about a child who was frustrated because they could not hear the television-- and some of those things happen--under this amendment I have presented, that child could not be removed without a manifest determination hearing, and if in any hearing that would occur it is clearly shown there was a connection between his disability and his behavior, he could not be denied school services. That is the difference between our amendment and the one that passed the House a few weeks ago in May that does not provide for the hearing. Under the House bill that passed by 250 or 40-some-odd votes, they would be treated as any other child for disciplinary purposes.”