HB2219 - Relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a public school.

  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.