SB 422 – This act provides local school boards the authority to identify a designee to bind the school district in a settlement agreement reached during the resolution session of a special education due process hearing. Current law requires a five business day notice for the introduction of evidence at a special education due process hearing, with the exception of an expedited hearing. This act removes the exception for expedited hearings and applies the five-day notice period to expedited hearings as well. This act will bring Missouri into compliance with the federal regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This act is identical to HB 289 (2009), SCS/SBs 1225 & 1226 (2008) and HCS/HBS 1876 & 1877 (2008) and contains provisions identical to HB 265 (2007), HB 267 (2007), SB 133 (2007), SB 140 (2007), SB 147 (2007), and SB 148 (2007). MICHAEL RUFF