85R9729 CAE-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 2296
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a teacher to student ratio requirement for public
school special education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.111, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 25.111. STUDENT/TEACHER RATIOS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b) and Section 25.112, each school district
must employ a sufficient number of teachers certified under
Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to maintain an average ratio of not less
than one teacher for each 20 students in average daily attendance.
(b) For each student enrolled in a special education program
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district or
open-enrollment charter school must assign a teacher certified
under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, sufficient to maintain a ratio of
not less than one teacher for each three students who receive
special education services in a self-contained classroom or other
special education setting.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
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, 2017.