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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol |
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spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a |
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public school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.003(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A student is eligible to participate in a school |
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district's special education program if the student: |
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(1) is not more than 21 years of age and has a visual or |
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auditory impairment that prevents the student from being adequately |
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or safely educated in public school without the provision of |
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special services; or |
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(2) is at least three but not more than 21 years of age |
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and has one or more of the following disabilities that prevents the |
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student from being adequately or safely educated in public school |
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without the provision of special services: |
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(A) physical disability; |
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(B) intellectual or developmental disability; |
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(C) emotional disturbance; |
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(D) learning disability; |
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(E) autism; |
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(F) speech disability; [or] |
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(G) traumatic brain injury; or |
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(H) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2025. |