fetal alcohol spectrum disorder qualifies for special education

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89R8630 RAL-D

By: Hernandez
H.B. No. 2219

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol

spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a

public school.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 29.003(b), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) A student is eligible to participate in a school

district's special education program if the student:

(1) is not more than 21 years of age and has a visual or

auditory impairment that prevents the student from being adequately

or safely educated in public school without the provision of

special services; or

(2) is at least three but not more than 21 years of age

and has one or more of the following disabilities that prevents the

student from being adequately or safely educated in public school

without the provision of special services:

(A) physical disability;

(B) intellectual or developmental disability;

(C) emotional disturbance;

(D) learning disability;

(E) autism;

(F) speech disability; [ or ]

(G) traumatic brain injury ; or

(H) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder .

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.