85R9729 CAE-D
 
  By: Uresti H.B. No. 2296
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a teacher to student ratio requirement for public
  school special education programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.111, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 25.111.  STUDENT/TEACHER RATIOS. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (b) and Section 25.112, each school district
  must employ a sufficient number of teachers certified under
  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to maintain an average ratio of not less
  than one teacher for each 20 students in average daily attendance.
         (b)  For each student enrolled in a special education program
  under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school must assign a teacher certified
  under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, sufficient to maintain a ratio of
  not less than one teacher for each three students who receive
  special education services in a self-contained classroom or other
  special education setting. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  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, 2017.