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