Enrolled Bill Summary

Federal law requires each student with disabilities qualifying for special education services to have an individualized education program for the delivery of those services. The program entails a written statement developed jointly by a school district specialist, the student's teacher, parents, and others. House Bill 1275 amends the Education Code to require school districts to provide those parents who are unable to speak English with a written or audiotaped copy of the student's program translated into Spanish if Spanish is the parent's native language or, if the parent's native language is a language other than Spanish, to make a good faith effort to provide a written or audiotaped copy of the program translated into the parent's native language.