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89(R) HR 1501 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.R. No. 1501
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 568 (relating to special
education in public schools, including funding for special
education under the Foundation School Program) to consider and take
action on the following matters:
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 5 of the bill, by amending added Section
29.001(c)(6)(C), Education Code, to read as follows:
(C)
appropriately trained personnel are
available to students with disabilities who have significant
behavioral support needs, including by making behavioral support
training available to each paraprofessional or teacher placed in a
classroom or other setting that is intended to provide specialized
behavioral supports to a student with a disability, as needed or at
regular intervals as provided in the student's individualized
education program;
Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify to whom
behavioral support training must be made available to ensure
appropriately trained personnel are available to students with
disabilities who have significant behavioral support needs.
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 12 of the
bill, in amended Section 29.008(c), Education Code, to read as
follows:
If a [
residential
] placement primarily for care or treatment
reasons involves a private [
residential
] facility in which the
education program is provided by the school district, the portion
of the costs that includes appropriate education services, as
determined by the school district's admission, review, and
dismissal committee, shall be paid from
local,
state
,
and federal
education funds.
Explanation: This change is necessary to allow school
districts to pay the cost for certain placements in a private
facility from local funds.
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
the committee to omit text not in disagreement by omitting the
portion of proposed SECTION 24 of the bill that adds Section 29.024,
Education Code. The omitted text reads:
Sec.
29.024.
GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDING TRAINING IN DYSLEXIA
FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. (a) From money appropriated or otherwise
available for the purpose, the commissioner shall establish a
program to award grants each school year to school districts and
open-enrollment charter schools to increase local capacity to
appropriately serve students with dyslexia.
(b)
A school district, including a school district acting
through a district charter issued under Subchapter C, Chapter 12,
or an open-enrollment charter school, including a charter school
that primarily serves students with disabilities, as provided under
Section 12.1014, is eligible to apply for a grant under this section
if the district or school submits to the commissioner a proposal on
the use of grant funds that:
(1)
incorporates
evidence-based and research-based
design; and
(2)
increases local capacity to appropriately serve
students with dyslexia by providing:
(A)
high-quality training to classroom teachers
and administrators in meeting the needs of students with dyslexia;
or
(B)
training to intervention staff resulting in
appropriate credentialing related to dyslexia, with priority for
training staff to earn the credentials necessary to become a
licensed dyslexia therapist or certified academic language
therapist.
(c)
The commissioner shall create an external panel of
stakeholders, including parents of students with disabilities, to
provide assistance in the selection of applications for the award
of grants under this section.
(d)
A grant awarded to a school district or open-enrollment
charter school under this section is in addition to the Foundation
School Program money that the district or charter school is
otherwise entitled to receive. A grant awarded under this section
may not come out of Foundation School Program money.
(e)
The commissioner and any grant recipient selected under
this section may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any
public or private source, person, or group to implement and
administer the grant.
The commissioner and any grant recipient
selected under this section may not require any financial
contribution from parents to implement and administer the grant.
(f)
A regional education service center may administer
grants awarded under this section.
Explanation: This change is necessary to omit language that
would authorize the commissioner of education to establish a grant
program to provide training in serving students with dyslexia to
school district and open-enrollment charter school teachers and
staff.
(4) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 27 of the bill, by amending Section 29.042(a),
Education Code, to read as follows:
Subject to Subsection (c), the agency shall provide each student
approved as provided by this subchapter a grant of not more than
$1,500 to purchase supplemental [
special education
] services and
supplemental [
special education
] instructional materials.
Explanation: This change is necessary to provide the amount
of the grant provided under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29, Education
Code.
(5) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 27 of the
bill, by adding Section 29.042(f), Education Code, to read as
follows:
(f)
A regional education service center designated to
administer the program under this subchapter for a school year is
entitled to receive not more than four percent of the amount
appropriated for purposes of making grants under this subchapter
for that school year for the costs of administering the program.
Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify the amount
of money a regional education service center may receive for
administering the program under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29,
Education Code.
(6) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 28 of the bill, in amended Section 29.045,
Education Code, to read as follows:
Subject to available funding the agency shall approve each student
who meets the program eligibility criteria established under
Section 29.044 and assign to the student an account maintained
under Section 29.042(b).
Explanation: This change is necessary to ensure that the
approval of and assignment of accounts to eligible students under
the program under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29, Education Code, are
subject to available funding.
(7) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
the committee to omit text not in disagreement by omitting the
portion of proposed SECTION 63 of the bill that adds Section 48.306,
Education Code. The omitted text reads:
Sec.
48.306.
PARENT-DIRECTED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS
RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES GRANT. (a) A student to whom
the agency awards a grant under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29, is
entitled to receive an amount of $1,500 or a greater amount provided
by appropriation.
(b)
The legislature shall include in the appropriations for
the Foundation School Program state aid sufficient for the agency
to award grants under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29, in the amount
provided by this section.
(c)
A student may receive one grant under Subchapter A-1,
Chapter 29, unless the legislature appropriates money for an
additional grant in the General Appropriations Act.
(d)
A regional education service center designated to
administer the program under Subchapter A-1, Chapter 29, for a
school year is entitled to an amount equal to four percent of each
grant awarded under that subchapter for that school year.
(e)
Notwithstanding Section 7.057, a determination of the
commissioner under this section is final and may not be appealed.
Explanation: This change is necessary to omit language that
would provide an entitlement to a grant under Subchapter A-1,
Chapter 29, Education Code, or to an amount for administering the
program under that subchapter.
Buckley
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1501 was adopted by the House on June
1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 11, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House