88R11912 ANG-D
 
  By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2831
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities
  in determining eligibility for special education services in public
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.003, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A student is eligible to participate in a school
  district's special education program if the student:
               (1)  is not more than 21 years of age and has a visual or
  auditory impairment that prevents the student from being adequately
  or safely educated in public school without the provision of
  special services; or
               (2)  is at least three but not more than 21 years of age
  and has one or more of the following disabilities that prevents the
  student from being adequately or safely educated in public school
  without the provision of special services:
                     (A)  physical disability;
                     (B)  intellectual or developmental disability;
                     (C)  emotional dysregulation [disturbance];
                     (D)  learning disability;
                     (E)  autism;
                     (F)  speech disability; or
                     (G)  traumatic brain injury.
         (c)  In this section, "emotional dysregulation" has the
  meaning assigned to the term "emotional disturbance" by 34 C.F.R.
  Section 300.8(c)(4).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.