Bill Text: TX SB445 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide additional resources for public school students with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Education [SB445 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB445-Introduced.html
| 88R1767 MEW-D | ||
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 445 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide | ||
| additional resources for public school students with disabilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.028. GRANT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. | ||
| (a) In this section, "student with a disability" means a student who | ||
| is: | ||
| (1) eligible to participate in a school district's | ||
| special education program under Section 29.003; | ||
| (2) covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | ||
| (29 U.S.C. Section 794); or | ||
| (3) covered by the Individuals with Disabilities | ||
| Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.). | ||
| (b) From funds appropriated for the purposes of this | ||
| section, federal funds, or any other funds available, not later | ||
| than August 1 of each year, the commissioner shall distribute money | ||
| to each school district in a manner that provides each district an | ||
| equal amount of money for each student with a disability enrolled in | ||
| the district. | ||
| (c) Funds provided to a school district under Subsection (b) | ||
| must be used by the district to establish a program under which the | ||
| district issues grants to students with disabilities enrolled in | ||
| the district. Funds received by a student under this section may | ||
| only be used to provide additional: | ||
| (1) learning resources at the student's residence; or | ||
| (2) assistance for remote or virtual learning. | ||
| (d) A school district shall adopt procedures creating an | ||
| application and selection process for grants awarded under | ||
| Subsection (c). The procedures must require the parent or legal | ||
| guardian of a student with a disability to provide a detailed | ||
| description of the proposed use of the grant money. | ||
| (e) A school district shall determine the amount of each | ||
| grant awarded under Subsection (c). | ||
| (f) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
