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Senate Bill 39 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 39 amends the Education Code to require the comprehensive statewide plan for the education of children with visual impairments to include methods to ensure that such children receive evaluation of the impairment and instruction in an expanded core curriculum before being placed in a classroom setting or within a reasonable time after placement and to specify that the expanded core curriculum, which is required for students with visual impairments to succeed in classroom settings and to derive lasting practical benefits from their public education, includes instruction in compensatory skills such as braille and concept development and other skills needed to access the rest of the curriculum; orientation and mobility; social interaction skills; career planning; assistive technology, including optical devices; independent living skills; recreation and leisure enjoyment; self-determination; and sensory efficiency.