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Senate Bill 1259 |
Senate Author: Rodríguez |
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Effective: 6-19-15 |
House Sponsor: Allen |
Senate Bill 1259 amends the Education Code to include among the objectives of certain procedures in the Texas Education Agency's statewide plan for the delivery of services to children with disabilities ensuring the development by each school district of a process by which a teacher who instructs a student with a disability in a regular classroom setting can provide input in the development of the student's individualized education program. The bill requires a regular education teacher, if the committee established to develop a child's individualized education program under federal law is required to include a regular education teacher, to be, to the extent practicable, a teacher who is responsible for implementing a portion of the child's individualized education program. The bill requires the written statement of the individualized education program to document committee decisions and entitles each committee member who disagrees with the program to include a statement of disagreement in the program's written statement.