88R14899 AMF-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 4813
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the approval of purchases under the supplemental
  special education services and instructional materials program by a
  public school student's admission, review, and dismissal
  committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.046(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Money in an account assigned to a student under Section
  29.045 may be used only for supplemental special education services
  and supplemental special education instructional materials
  approved by the student's admission, review, and dismissal
  committee under Section 29.048(c).
         SECTION 2.  Section 29.048, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The admission, review, and dismissal committee of a
  student approved for participation in the program shall hold an
  admission, review, and dismissal committee meeting for the student
  with the student's parent before grant money is assigned to a
  student's account under the program to determine and approve the
  supplemental special education services and supplemental special
  education instructional materials that would best serve the
  student. The committee shall provide the student's parent and the
  agency the list of approved services and materials for the student.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  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.