89R8443 JDK-F
By: Campbell, Creighton S.B. No. 2398
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain accommodations for public school students
diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0051. ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENT WITH
CONCUSSION OR OTHER BRAIN INJURY. (a) The agency shall develop a
list of nonmedical academic accommodations a school district may
offer to a student diagnosed with a concussion or other brain
injury.
(b) The agency shall:
(1) develop a form for use by school districts
describing the accommodations a district may offer under this
section; and
(2) make the form developed under Subdivision (1)
available on the agency's Internet website for use by school
districts, district educators or administrators, students, and
parents or guardians.
(c) A school district that provides accommodations under
this section must make the form developed under Subsection (b)
available to:
(1) a district employee as soon as practicable after
receiving:
(A) notice that a student enrolled in the
district has been diagnosed with a concussion or other brain
injury; or
(B) a request from the employee; and
(2) a student enrolled in the district or the student's
parent or guardian as soon as practicable after receiving:
(A) notice that the student has been diagnosed
with a concussion or other brain injury; or
(B) a request from the student or parent or
guardian.
(d) This section may not be construed to require a school
district to provide any accommodations under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.