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AN ACT
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relating to planning for students enrolled in public school special |
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education programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The written statement of a student's individualized |
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education program may be required to include only information |
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included in the model form developed under Section 29.0051(a). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0051. MODEL FORM. (a) The agency shall develop a |
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model form for use in developing an individualized education |
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program under Section 29.005(b). The form must be clear, concise, |
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well organized, and understandable to parents and educators and may |
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include only: |
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(1) the information included in the model form |
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developed under 20 U.S.C. Section 1417(e)(1); |
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(2) a state-imposed requirement relevant to an |
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individualized education program not required under federal law; |
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and |
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(3) the requirements identified under 20 U.S.C. |
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Section 1407(a)(2). |
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(b) The agency shall post on the agency's Internet website |
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the form developed under Subsection (a). |
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(c) A school district may use the form developed under |
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Subsection (a) to comply with the requirements for an |
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individualized education program under 20 U.S.C. Section 1414(d). |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0111 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0111. BEGINNING OF TRANSITION PLANNING. |
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Appropriate state transition planning under the procedure adopted |
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under Section 29.011 must begin for a student not later than when |
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the student reaches 14 years of age. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2011, the Texas |
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Education Agency shall develop the model form required under |
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Section 29.0051, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1788 passed the Senate on |
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April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; |
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May 26, 2011, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and |
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requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2011, House |
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granted request of the Senate; May 29, 2011, Senate adopted |
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Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, |
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Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1788 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting; May 27, 2011, House granted request |
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of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; |
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May 29, 2011, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the |
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following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |