| 1 | 1 | | 89R3006 ANG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 544 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to required individualized education program supplements |
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| 10 | 10 | | for certain public school students placed in alternative special |
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| 11 | 11 | | education settings. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 29.0053 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 29.0053. INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | FOR STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS. (a) In |
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| 17 | 17 | | this section: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) "Alternative special education setting" means: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) a school district campus at which 90 percent |
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| 20 | 20 | | or more of the enrolled students are provided special education and |
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| 21 | 21 | | related services; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) a self-contained program that: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (i) operates as a separate campus from the |
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| 24 | 24 | | campus in which the program is located; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (ii) provides special education and related |
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| 26 | 26 | | services to 90 percent or more of the students in regular |
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| 27 | 27 | | attendance. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) "Committee" means a committee established under |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 29.005(a). |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) In developing or modifying an individualized education |
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| 31 | 31 | | program for a student who receives special education or related |
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| 32 | 32 | | services in an alternative special education setting, the student's |
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| 33 | 33 | | committee shall develop and include in an attached supplement to |
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| 34 | 34 | | the written statement of the student's individualized education |
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| 35 | 35 | | program individualized, measurable goals for academic and |
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| 36 | 36 | | social-emotional and behavioral growth that would allow the student |
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| 37 | 37 | | to be returned to a general education setting. The committee must |
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| 38 | 38 | | meet at least once each semester to review the student's progress |
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| 39 | 39 | | toward the goals developed under this subsection and determine |
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| 40 | 40 | | whether the student may be returned to a general education setting. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Section 29.011, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 42 | 42 | | adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a-3) The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must |
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| 44 | 44 | | require the admission, review, and dismissal committee for a |
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| 45 | 45 | | student who is at least 18 years of age and receiving special |
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| 46 | 46 | | education or related services in an alternative special education |
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| 47 | 47 | | setting, as defined by Section 29.0053, to develop and include in an |
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| 48 | 48 | | attached supplement to the written statement of the student's |
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| 49 | 49 | | individualized education program individualized, measurable goals |
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| 50 | 50 | | for the issues described by Subsections (a)(7) and (8). |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 52 | 52 | | school year. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 54 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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