Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.
relating to the provision of information regarding a local
intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents
or guardians of certain special education students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.030. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING LOCAL
INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. At the first
individualized education program committee meeting during which a
student’s individualized education program is developed under
Section 29.005, a school district shall provide the parent or legal
guardian of a student who has an intellectual disability or a
developmental delay with information about services and public
benefits provided by the local intellectual and developmental
disability authority, including services under waiver programs
established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 1396n(c)).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.
