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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required individualized education program supplements |
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for certain public school students placed in alternative special |
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education settings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0053. INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT |
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FOR STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Alternative special education setting" means: |
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(A) a school district campus at which 90 percent |
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or more of the enrolled students are provided special education and |
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related services; or |
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(B) a self-contained program that: |
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(i) operates as a separate campus from the |
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campus in which the program is located; and |
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(ii) provides special education and related |
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services to 90 percent or more of the students in regular |
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attendance. |
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(2) "Committee" means a committee established under |
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Section 29.005(a). |
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(b) In developing or modifying an individualized education |
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program for a student who receives special education or related |
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services in an alternative special education setting, the student's |
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committee shall develop and include in an attached supplement to |
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the written statement of the student's individualized education |
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program individualized, measurable goals for academic and |
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social-emotional and behavioral growth that would allow the student |
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to be returned to a general education setting. The committee must |
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meet at least once each semester to review the student's progress |
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toward the goals developed under this subsection and determine |
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whether the student may be returned to a general education setting. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.011, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must |
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require the admission, review, and dismissal committee for a |
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student who is at least 18 years of age and receiving special |
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education or related services in an alternative special education |
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setting, as defined by Section 29.0053, to develop and include in an |
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attached supplement to the written statement of the student's |
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individualized education program individualized, measurable goals |
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for the issues described by Subsections (a)(7) and (8). |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |