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| 1 | 1 | 81R6137 KKA-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1108 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to providing certain parents with written and audiotaped | |
| 8 | 8 | translations of individualized education programs developed for | |
| 9 | 9 | public school students receiving special education services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 29.005(d), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) If the child's parent is unable to speak English, the | |
| 14 | 14 | district shall: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) provide the parent with [a] written and [or] | |
| 16 | 16 | audiotaped copies [copy] of the child's individualized education | |
| 17 | 17 | program translated into Spanish if Spanish is the parent's native | |
| 18 | 18 | language; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) if the parent's native language is a language other | |
| 20 | 20 | than Spanish, make a good faith effort to provide the parent with | |
| 21 | 21 | [a] written and [or] audiotaped copies [copy] of the child's | |
| 22 | 22 | individualized education program translated into the parent's | |
| 23 | 23 | native language. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |