84R11246 MEW-D
By: González H.B. No. 3147
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transition services for public school students enrolled
in special education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In adopting procedures for compliance with federal
requirements under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall require
that a student's individualized education program include:
(1) appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based
on age-appropriate transition assessments related to training,
education, employment, and, as appropriate, independent living
skills; and
(2) the transition services, including courses of
study, needed to assist the student in reaching the student's
postsecondary goals.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.