By: Paxton S.B. No. 2751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inspection of residential and day placement
facilities for special education students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.0101 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0101. INSPECTION OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY PLACEMENT
FACILITIES. In conducting an inspection in accordance with the
monitoring system adopted under Section 29.010 of a residential
placement or day placement facility with which a school district
contracts to provide services to students with disabilities, the
agency shall consider whether:
(1) educational services provided to a student placed
in a therapeutic environment in a residential or day placement at
the facility align with medical standards of care and best
practices for children with the student's disability; and
(2) employees of the facility have undergone and
adhere to crisis prevention and intervention training.
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.