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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing certain parents with written and audiotaped |
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translations of individualized education programs developed for |
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public school students receiving special education services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.005(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) If the child's parent is unable to speak English, the |
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district shall: |
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(1) provide the parent with [a] written and [or] |
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audiotaped copies [copy] of the child's individualized education |
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program translated into Spanish if Spanish is the parent's native |
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language; or |
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(2) if the parent's native language is a language other |
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than Spanish, make a good faith effort to provide the parent with |
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[a] written and [or] audiotaped copies [copy] of the child's |
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individualized education program translated into the parent's |
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native language. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |