Bill Text: TX SB522 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective immediately [SB522 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB522-Enrolled.html
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relating to the development of an individualized education program | ||
for a public school student with a visual impairment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as | ||
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(f) In the development of the individualized education | ||
program for a [ |
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impairment, proficiency in [ |
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significant indicator of [ |
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student's satisfactory educational progress. The individualized | ||
education program for a student with a visual impairment must | ||
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review, and dismissal committee determines and documents that | ||
braille is not an appropriate literacy medium for the student. The | ||
committee's determination must be based on an evaluation of the | ||
student's appropriate literacy media and literacy skills and the | ||
student's current and future instructional needs [ |
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instruction: | ||
(1) may be used in combination with other special | ||
education services appropriate to the student's educational needs; | ||
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(2) shall be provided by a teacher certified to teach | ||
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(f-1) Each person assisting in the development of the [ |
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a student with a visual impairment shall receive information | ||
describing the benefits of braille instruction. [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 522 passed the Senate on | ||
April 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 522 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |