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Texas Education Code - Section 26.0081. Right To Information Concerning Special Education And Education Of Students With Learning Difficulties

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§ 26.0081. RIGHT TO INFORMATION CONCERNING SPECIAL 
EDUCATION AND EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING 
DIFFICULTIES.  (a) The agency shall produce and provide to school 
districts sufficient copies of a comprehensive, easily understood 
document that explains the process by which an individualized 
education program is developed for a student in a special education 
program and the rights and responsibilities of a parent concerning 
the process.  The document must include information a parent needs 
to effectively participate in an admission, review, and dismissal 
committee meeting for the parent's child.
	(b)  The agency will ensure that each school district 
provides the document required under this section to the parent as 
provided by 20 U.S.C. Section 1415(b):
		(1)  as soon as practicable after a child is referred to 
determine the child's eligibility for admission into the district's 
special education program, but at least five school days before the 
date of the initial meeting of the admission, review, and dismissal 
committee;  and
		(2)  at any other time on reasonable request of the 
child's parent.         
	(c)  The agency shall produce and provide to school districts 
a written explanation of the options and requirements for providing 
assistance to students who have learning difficulties or who need 
or may need special education.  The explanation must state that a 
parent is entitled at any time to request an evaluation of the 
parent's child for special education services under Section 29.004.  
Each school year, each district shall provide the written 
explanation to a parent of each district student by including the 
explanation in the student handbook or by another means.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 616, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 539, § 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007