TITLE: Relating to the funding and continuation of the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program.

SUMMARY: Relating to the funding and continuation of the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the funding and continuation of the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 29.042(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The agency by rule shall establish and administer a supplemental special education services and instructional materials program for students who meet the eligibility requirements for participation in the program. The [Subject to Subsection (c), the] agency shall provide each student approved as provided by this subchapter a grant of not more than $1,500 to purchase supplemental special education services and supplemental special education instructional materials. SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Education Code are repealed: (1) Section 29.042(c); and (2) Section 29.050. 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.