| (a) The Texas Education Agency (TEA) division responsible
for hearings and appeals shall notify an independent hearing examiner
by email that he or she has been assigned a hearing. The independent
hearing examiner shall, by return email or facsimile to the division
within 72 hours, acknowledge the assignment and indicate whether he
or she is able to accept the assignment. The division shall notify
the parties to the hearing of the assignment.
(b) If the independent hearing examiner is unable to
accept the assignment, the independent hearing examiner shall notify
the TEA division responsible for hearings and appeals by telephone,
email, or facsimile as soon as possible within 72 hours after the
assignment.
(c) Failure to comply with subsection (b) of this section
shall result in the case being assigned to another independent hearing
examiner.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §157.1102 adopted to be effective May 8, 1996, 21 TexReg 3708; amended to be effective May 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 3829; amended to be effective January 10, 2023, 48 TexReg 49 |
