Bill Text: TX HB1602 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information regarding career and employment skills development required to be included with a written statement of an individualized education program developed for certain public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB1602 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1602-Introduced.html
| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 1602 | |
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| relating to information regarding career and employment skills | ||
| development required to be included with a written statement of an | ||
| individualized education program developed for certain public | ||
| school 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 29.0113 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.0113. CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. | ||
| (a) For students eligible to begin transition planning under | ||
| sections 29.011 and 29.0111, the strategies described in this | ||
| subsection shall be considered, and, when needed, addressed in the | ||
| individualized education program. The district shall prepare a | ||
| supplement to be included with the written statement of the | ||
| individualized education program developed for the child under | ||
| Section 29.005(b). The supplement must include information | ||
| indicating: | ||
| (1) the need for and use of age-appropriate transition | ||
| assessments that collect data on the student's needs, preferences | ||
| and interests regarding employment, self-determination and | ||
| self-advocacy, independent living and study skills; | ||
| (2) the development of appropriate employment goals | ||
| and objectives; | ||
| (3) the need for and development of independent living | ||
| goals and objectives; | ||
| (4) the need for and use of supplementary aids, | ||
| services, curricula, and other opportunities to assist the student | ||
| in developing decision-making skills, and the supports and services | ||
| needed to foster the student's independence and | ||
| self-determination, including a supported decision-making | ||
| agreement under Chapter 1357, Estates Code; | ||
| (5) the need for and use of age-appropriate | ||
| instructional environments, including community settings to | ||
| prepare the student for postsecondary education or training, or | ||
| competitive integrated employment; | ||
| (6) the development of appropriate measurable | ||
| postsecondary goals based on transition assessments related to | ||
| training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, | ||
| independent living skills; | ||
| (7) the need to facilitate a referral of a student or | ||
| the student's parents to a governmental agency for services or | ||
| public benefits, including a referral to a governmental agency for | ||
| public benefits available to the student, such as a waiver program | ||
| established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1396n(c)), including supported employment and employment | ||
| assistance services; | ||
| (8) the transition services, including courses of | ||
| study, needed to assist the student in reaching the postsecondary | ||
| goals developed under this subsection; | ||
| (9) the job exploration activities available to and | ||
| utilized by the student; | ||
| (10) the need for a referral to vocational | ||
| rehabilitation services; | ||
| (11) the need to invite the student's vocational | ||
| rehabilitation counselor to the student's admission, review, and | ||
| dismissal committee meeting and opportunities for collaboration | ||
| between the district and vocational rehabilitation; and | ||
| (12) training needed for teachers, counselors, | ||
| parents and other school staff needed to implement the students | ||
| transition and employment goals. | ||
| (b) A student's admission, review, and dismissal committee | ||
| shall annually review the issues described by Subsection (a) and, | ||
| if necessary, update the portions of the student's individualized | ||
| education program that address those issues. | ||
| (c) The written statement of the individualized education | ||
| program must document the decisions of the admission, review, and | ||
| dismissal committee with respect to issues discussed at each | ||
| admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting. | ||
| (d) Section 29.005(f) and Section 29.0051 do not apply to a | ||
| supplement prepared for inclusion with a written statement of an | ||
| individualized education program, as required by this section. | ||
| (e) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
