Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1141 amends the Education Code and the Family Code to require the Texas Education Agency to ensure that an individual assigned to act as a surrogate parent for a child with a disability meet certain standards, including completion of a training program. The act requires a school district to give preferential consideration to a foster parent of a child with a disability when assigning a surrogate parent, sets forth requirements a foster parent must meet in order to be authorized to act as a parent of a child with a disability, and authorizes a foster parent denied the right to act as a surrogate parent to file a complaint with the agency. In addition, the act authorizes a court-certified volunteer advocate appointed for a child with a disability to act as a surrogate parent, subject to certain requirements.