89R17071 AND-F
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 5608
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements regarding persons with
disabilities enrolled in public institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.06642 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.06642. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING AND INFORMATION ON
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The board shall
adopt rules requiring institutions of higher education to accept as
proof that a person is a person with a disability documentation of:
(1) an individualized education program developed for
the person in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.);
(2) services or accommodations provided to the person
by a primary or secondary school in accordance with Section 504,
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794);
(3) a plan or record of service from a private school,
a public school, a state educational agency, or an institution of
higher education prepared for the person in accordance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et
seq.);
(4) a diagnosis or finding of a disability from a
licensed physician or other appropriate medical professional;
(5) a plan or other record related to the person's
disability from another institution of higher education or a
private or independent institution of higher education; or
(6) the person's service-related disability based on
the person's service in the armed forces of the United States, the
Texas Army National Guard, or the Texas Air National Guard.
(b) The rules adopted under this section may provide for an
institution of higher education to establish less burdensome
options for documentation with which a person may establish that
the person is a person with a disability.
(c) The rules adopted under this section must require
institutions of higher education to:
(1) provide specific and transparent information
about the institution's policies and procedures for determining the
accommodations available to persons with disabilities; and
(2) make the institution's policies and procedures
described by Subdivision (1) available to students, parents, and
faculty, including by providing the information during any student
orientation and on the institution's publicly accessible Internet
website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.