84R2605 KJE-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 36
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  to maintain an inventory of postsecondary educational programs and
  services for persons with intellectual and developmental
  disabilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.0663 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.0663.  INVENTORY OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND
  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. (a) The board shall maintain an
  inventory of all postsecondary educational programs and services
  provided for persons with intellectual and developmental
  disabilities by institutions of higher education.
         (b)  The board shall:
               (1)  post the inventory on the board's Internet website
  in an easily identifiable and accessible location;
               (2)  submit the inventory to the Texas Education Agency
  for inclusion in the transition and employment guide under Section
  29.0112; and 
               (3)  update the inventory at least once every two
  years.
         (c)  At times prescribed by the board, each institution of
  higher education shall report to the board all programs and
  services described by Subsection (a) provided by that institution.
         SECTION 2.  Section 29.0112(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The transition and employment guide must contain
  information specific to this state regarding:
               (1)  transition services;
               (2)  employment and supported employment services;
               (3)  social security programs;
               (4)  community and long-term services and support;
               (5)  postsecondary educational programs and services,
  including the inventory maintained by the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board under Section 61.0663;
               (6)  information sharing with health and human services
  agencies and providers;
               (7)  guardianship and alternatives to guardianship;
               (8)  self-advocacy, person-directed planning, and
  self-determination; and
               (9)  contact information for all relevant state
  agencies.
         SECTION 3.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  shall compile the inventory required by Section 61.0663, Education
  Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2016. The
  Texas Education Agency shall comply with Section 29.0112(b)(5),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after
  the inventory is available.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.