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| 1 | 1 | 89R1372 ANG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 430 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities | |
| 10 | 10 | in determining eligibility for special education services in public | |
| 11 | 11 | schools. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 15 | 15 | follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A student is eligible to participate in a school | |
| 17 | 17 | district's special education program if the student: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) is not more than 21 years of age and has a visual or | |
| 19 | 19 | auditory impairment that prevents the student from being adequately | |
| 20 | 20 | or safely educated in public school without the provision of | |
| 21 | 21 | special services; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) is at least three but not more than 21 years of age | |
| 23 | 23 | and has one or more of the following disabilities that prevents the | |
| 24 | 24 | student from being adequately or safely educated in public school | |
| 25 | 25 | without the provision of special services: | |
| 26 | 26 | (A) physical disability; | |
| 27 | 27 | (B) intellectual or developmental disability; | |
| 28 | 28 | (C) emotional dysregulation [disturbance]; | |
| 29 | 29 | (D) learning disability; | |
| 30 | 30 | (E) autism; | |
| 31 | 31 | (F) speech disability; or | |
| 32 | 32 | (G) traumatic brain injury. | |
| 33 | 33 | (c) In this section, "emotional dysregulation" has the | |
| 34 | 34 | meaning assigned to the term "emotional disturbance" by 34 C.F.R. | |
| 35 | 35 | Section 300.8(c)(4). | |
| 36 | 36 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |