Bill Text: TX HB5608 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements regarding persons with disabilities enrolled in public institutions of higher education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Referred to Higher Education [HB5608 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB5608-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 5608 | |
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| relating to certain requirements regarding persons with | ||
| disabilities enrolled in public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.06642 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.06642. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING AND INFORMATION ON | ||
| ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The board shall | ||
| adopt rules requiring institutions of higher education to accept as | ||
| proof that a person is a person with a disability documentation of: | ||
| (1) an individualized education program developed for | ||
| the person in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities | ||
| Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.); | ||
| (2) services or accommodations provided to the person | ||
| by a primary or secondary school in accordance with Section 504, | ||
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); | ||
| (3) a plan or record of service from a private school, | ||
| a public school, a state educational agency, or an institution of | ||
| higher education prepared for the person in accordance with the | ||
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et | ||
| seq.); | ||
| (4) a diagnosis or finding of a disability from a | ||
| licensed physician or other appropriate medical professional; | ||
| (5) a plan or other record related to the person's | ||
| disability from another institution of higher education or a | ||
| private or independent institution of higher education; or | ||
| (6) the person's service-related disability based on | ||
| the person's service in the armed forces of the United States, the | ||
| Texas Army National Guard, or the Texas Air National Guard. | ||
| (b) The rules adopted under this section may provide for an | ||
| institution of higher education to establish less burdensome | ||
| options for documentation with which a person may establish that | ||
| the person is a person with a disability. | ||
| (c) The rules adopted under this section must require | ||
| institutions of higher education to: | ||
| (1) provide specific and transparent information | ||
| about the institution's policies and procedures for determining the | ||
| accommodations available to persons with disabilities; and | ||
| (2) make the institution's policies and procedures | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) available to students, parents, and | ||
| faculty, including by providing the information during any student | ||
| orientation and on the institution's publicly accessible Internet | ||
| website. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
