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Texas Disability Law - Education: 0-12

Texas Law

  • Provides for the free, appropriate public education of students with disabilities determined eligible for special education services.
  • Provides for the transfer of assistive devices within a district, or to an outside entity such as adult service provider, parent, or another school district.
  • Provides for the creation of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.
  • Requires districts to provide a Spanish translation record (written or taped) of the Individualized Education Plan to parents of special education students who only speak Spanish. The districts are required to make a good faith effort for translation to other languages as well.
  • Defines and restricts the use of confinement, restraint, seclusion, and time-out for students with disabilities in public and charter schools.
  • Requires individualized transition planning to be considered in special education students’ individualized education programs.
  • Requires a personal graduation plan for junior high, middle, or high school students who do not perform satisfactorily on the statewide assessment or who are not likely to graduate after five years of high school.
  • Provides for informed parental consent of psychological and other testing measures used for special education determination.
  • Provides for a system of early intervention services for children birth to age three who have developmental disabilities or delays.
  • Requires school districts to allow parents to designate a grandparent's residence or child-care facility for school transportation.
  • Requires the development of an individual management plan for students with diabetes.
  • Requires school districts to allow students receiving special education services to participate in a graduation ceremony after the fourth year of high school.

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School districts have policies implementing state and federal laws and committees on special education. Ask your school district or look into participating on your campus improvement planning committee.

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