HB430 - Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools.

  89R1372 ANG-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 430       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities   in determining eligibility for special education services in public   schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.003, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) 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 dysregulation [ disturbance ];                      (D)  learning disability;                      (E)  autism;                      (F)  speech disability; or                      (G)  traumatic brain injury.           (c)     In this section, "emotional dysregulation" has the   meaning assigned to the term "emotional disturbance" by 34 C.F.R.   Section 300.8(c)(4).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.