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