Amend SB 2 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 29.359, Education Code (page 6, between lines 50 and 51), by inserting the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections accordingly:
(_) In addition to the expenses described by Subsection (a), money received under the program may be used for the following education-related expenses incurred by a participating child with a disability at a preapproved education service provider or vendor of educational products:
(1) fees and charges for personal care attendants and paraprofessional support for assistance in activities of daily living, including transportation and extracurricular activities;
(2) fees and charges for an educational interpreter for a child who is deaf or hard of hearing;
(3) fees and charges for assistive technology services and devices, including speech-generating devices, screen readers, captioning, and adaptive communication services and devices;
(4) fees and charges for adapted or specialized transportation services, including for travel to and from extracurricular activities and to and from a provider or vendor for therapies or services;
(5) fees and charges for scribe services for a child with a disability that causes the child to require assistance with transcription or writing;
(6) fees and charges for employment and independent living transition planning and transition services;
(7) fees, deposits, charges, and copayments for applied behavioral analysis therapy, positive behavioral interventions, and executive functioning therapy and coaching;
(8) fees and charges for professional educational advocacy services; and
(9) fees and charges for any other person-centered accommodations and support services.