Bill Text: TX HB186 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to extending the eligibility of certain students to participate in a school district's special education program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB186-Introduced.html
| 87S10226 MLH-F | ||
| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 186 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to extending the eligibility of certain students to | ||
| participate in a school district's special education program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.003, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c) and (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a student is eligible | ||
| to participate in a school district's special education program | ||
| under this subchapter for one school year after the student's 21st | ||
| birthday if the student: | ||
| (1) is enrolled in a school district's special | ||
| education program during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, or | ||
| 2022-2023 school year and reaches 21 years of age during that school | ||
| year; and | ||
| (2) has an impairment or disability described by | ||
| Subsection (b)(1) or (2). | ||
| (c-1) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire September | ||
| 1, 2024. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
