88R7314 BDP-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1797
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the employment of a behavior specialist by regional
education service centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 8.062 to read as follows:
Sec. 8.062. BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST. (a) Each regional
education service center shall employ as a behavior specialist a
person licensed as a behavior analyst under Chapter 506,
Occupations Code, to provide school districts served by the center
with support and resources that are necessary to assist students
and families of students.
(b) A behavior specialist:
(1) may provide support and resources that include:
(A) teacher training;
(B) classroom management and support;
(C) accommodations to curriculum and
instruction;
(D) evidence-based education techniques;
(E) behavioral strategies and tactics;
(F) personalized systems of instruction;
(G) programmatic instruction;
(H) technology solutions; and
(I) individualized education program support;
(2) may not provide services described by Section
506.003(d), Occupations Code; and
(3) may not conduct a required school evaluation or
assessment of a student, including a functional behavioral
assessment.
SECTION 2. 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, 2023.