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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inspection of residential and day placement |
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facilities for special education students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0101 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0101. INSPECTION OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY PLACEMENT |
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FACILITIES. In conducting an inspection in accordance with the |
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monitoring system adopted under Section 29.010 of a residential |
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placement or day placement facility with which a school district |
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contracts to provide services to students with disabilities, the |
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agency shall consider whether: |
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(1) educational services provided to a student placed |
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in a therapeutic environment in a residential or day placement at |
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the facility align with medical standards of care and best |
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practices for children with the student's disability; and |
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(2) employees of the facility have undergone and |
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adhere to crisis prevention and intervention training. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |