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TX Educ Code § 30.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.051. Purpose of Texas School for the Deaf

Sec. 30.051.  PURPOSE OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.(a)  The Texas School for the Deaf is a state agency established to provide educational services to persons who are 21 years of age or younger on September 1 of any school year and who are deaf or hard of hearing and who may have one or more other disabilities.  The school shall provide  comprehensive educational services, on a day or residential basis, and  short-term services to allow a student to better achieve educational results from services available in the community.  The school is not intended to serve:(1)  students whose needs are appropriately addressed in a home or hospital setting or a residential treatment facility; or(2)  students whose primary, ongoing needs are related to a severe or profound emotional, behavioral, or cognitive deficit.(b)  The school shall serve as a primary statewide resource center promoting excellence in education for students who are deaf or hard of hearing through research, training, and demonstration projects.(c)  The school shall work in partnership with state, regional, and local agencies to provide new or improved programs or methods to serve the previously unmet or future needs of persons throughout the state who are deaf or hard of hearing.(d)  The school shall cooperate with public and private agencies and organizations serving students and other persons who are deaf or hearing impaired in the planning, development, and implementation of effective educational and rehabilitative service delivery systems associated with educating students who are deaf or hard of hearing.  To maximize and make efficient use of state facilities, funding, and resources, the services provided in this area may include conducting a cooperative program with other agencies to serve persons who have graduated from high school and who have identified needs related to vocational training, independent living skills, and social and leisure skills.(e)  If a school district or another educational entity requests an assessment of a student's educational or related needs related to hearing impairment, the school may conduct an assessment and charge a reasonable fee for the assessment.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1340, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 7.01, eff. May 31, 2006.|
TX Educ Code § 30.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.053. Superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf

Sec. 30.053.  SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.  (a)  The superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf is appointed by the governing board of the school.(b)  The superintendent must:(1)  hold an advanced degree in the field of education;(2)  have teaching and administrative experience in programs serving students who are deaf;  and(3)  satisfy any other requirements the board establishes.(c)  The superintendent may reside at the school.(d)  The board shall annually establish the superintendent's salary.  The annual salary may not exceed 120 percent of the annual salary of the highest paid instructional administrator at the school.(e)  The superintendent is the chief administrative officer of the school.  The superintendent shall take any necessary and appropriate action to carry out the functions and purposes of the school according to any general policy the board prescribes.(f)  The superintendent may provide directly to a parent or guardian of a student written information regarding:(1)  the availability of a program offered by a state institution for which the student may be eligible;(2)  any eligibility and admission requirements imposed by the state institution;  and(3)  the rights of a student regarding admission to the state institution and appeal of an admission decision.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 7.02, eff. May 31, 2006.|
TX Educ Code § 30.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.054. Printing at the Texas School for the Deaf

Sec. 30.054.  PRINTING AT THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.  (a)  In addition to any other area of curriculum the State Board of Education requires the Texas School for the Deaf to offer, the superintendent of the school may require that the art of printing, in all its branches, be offered at the school.(b)  The superintendent may authorize any public printing for the state to be performed at the Texas School for the Deaf without regard to any contract with a person for public printing.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.056. Funding of the Texas School for the Deaf

Sec. 30.056.  FUNDING OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. (a) The funding of the Texas School for the Deaf consists of:(1)  money the legislature specifically appropriates for the school;(2)  money the agency allocates to the school under this code;(3)  money paid under a contract or other agreement;(4)  money the school receives through a gift or bequest;(5)  a payment the school receives from a school district under Section 30.003; and(6)  the school's share of the available school fund and payments to compensate for payments no longer made from the available school fund as provided by Section 30.003(f).(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of any budget reductions requested by the Legislative Budget Board or the governor, any money received by the Texas School for the Deaf or appropriated to the agency for purposes of operating the school is considered to be part of the foundation school program and is not subject to those budget reductions.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 489 (H.B. 3456), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 30.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.057. Admission to Texas School for the Deaf

Sec. 30.057.  ADMISSION TO TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.  (a)  The Texas School for the Deaf shall provide services in accordance with Section 30.051 to any eligible student with a disability for whom the school is an appropriate placement if the student has been referred for admission:(1)  by the school district in which the student resides under the student's individualized education program;  (2)  by the student's parent or legal guardian, or a person with legal authority to act in place of the parent or legal guardian, or the student, if the student is age 18 or older, at any time during the school year, if the referring person chooses the school as the appropriate placement for the student rather than the placement in the student's local or regional program recommended under the student's individualized education program;  or(3)  by the student's parent or legal guardian through the student's admission, review, and dismissal or individualized family service plan committee, as an initial referral to special education for students who are three years of age or younger.(b)  The commissioner, with the advice of the school's governing board, shall adopt rules to implement this section.  The rules adopted by the commissioner may address the respective responsibilities of a student's parent or legal guardian or a person with legal authority to act in place of the parent or legal guardian, or the student, if age 18 or older, the school district in which the student resides, and the school.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1340, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 30.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter C. Texas School for the Deaf|Section 30.059. Lease of Certain Property of Texas School for the Deaf for a Day-Care Center

Sec. 30.059.  LEASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF FOR A DAY-CARE CENTER.  (a)  The Texas School for the Deaf may lease available building space on the school's campus located at 1102 South Congress, Austin, Travis County, to a private provider to provide a day-care center for children of the school's employees, other state employees, and private customers.(b)  The school is authorized to determine a fair rental rate for the property and may consider the actual benefits to be received by the school's employees and students.(c)  The asset management division of the General Land Office shall negotiate the terms of the lease and close the transaction on behalf of the school as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code.(d)  Proceeds from the lease transaction conducted under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the school in the general revenue fund.(e)  A lease entered into by the board under Subsection (a) is subject to termination on sale or lease of the affected facility under Chapter 672, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 5421t, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources Code.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1340, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 30.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.081. Legislative Intent Concerning Regional Day Schools for the Deaf

Sec. 30.081.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT CONCERNING REGIONAL DAY SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF.  The legislature, by this subchapter, intends to continue a process of providing on a statewide basis a suitable education to deaf or hard of hearing students who are under 21 years of age and assuring that those students have the opportunity to become independent citizens.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.082. Director of Services

Sec. 30.082.  DIRECTOR OF SERVICES.  To carry out legislative intent and the objectives of Section 30.081, the agency shall employ a director of services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.083. Statewide Plan

Sec. 30.083.  STATEWIDE PLAN.  (a)  The director of services shall develop and administer a comprehensive statewide plan for educational services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including continuing diagnosis and evaluation, counseling, and teaching.  The plan shall be designed to accomplish the following objectives:(1)  providing assistance and counseling to parents of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in regional day school programs for the deaf and admitting to the programs students who have a hearing loss that interferes with the processing of linguistic information;(2)  enabling students who are deaf or hard of hearing to reside with their parents or guardians and be provided an appropriate education in their home school districts or in regional day school programs for the deaf;(3)  enabling students who are deaf or hard of hearing who are unable to attend schools at their place of residence and whose parents or guardians live too far from facilities of regional day school programs for the deaf for daily commuting to be accommodated in foster homes or other residential school facilities provided for by the agency so that those children may attend a regional day school program for the deaf;(4)  enrolling in the Texas School for the Deaf those students who are deaf or hard of hearing whose needs can best be met in that school and designating the Texas School for the Deaf as the statewide educational resource for students who are deaf or hard of hearing;(5)  encouraging students in regional day school programs for the deaf to attend general education classes on a part-time, full-time, or trial basis;  and(6)  recognizing the need for development of language and communications abilities in students who are deaf or hard of hearing, but also calling for the use of methods of communication that will meet the needs of each individual student, with each student assessed thoroughly so as to ascertain the student's potential for communications through a variety of means, including through oral or aural means, fingerspelling, or sign language.(b)  The director of services may establish separate programs to accommodate diverse communication methodologies.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.084 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.084. Establishment of Programs

Sec. 30.084.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS.  The State Board of Education shall apportion the state into five regions and establish a regional day school program for the deaf in each region.  Activities of a regional day school program for the deaf may be conducted on more than one site.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.085. Use of Local Resources

Sec. 30.085.  USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES.  Local resources shall be used to the fullest practicable extent in the establishment and operation of the regional day school programs for the deaf.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.086 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.086. Powers and Duties of Agency

Sec. 30.086.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF AGENCY.  (a)  The agency shall contract with any qualified organization or individual for diagnostic, evaluative, or instructional services or any other services relating to the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including transportation or maintenance services.(b)  The agency shall employ educational and other personnel, may purchase or lease property, may accept gifts or grants of property or services from any source, including an independent school district or institution of higher education in this state, to establish and operate regional day school programs for the deaf.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.087 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter D. Regional Day Schools for the Deaf|Section 30.087. Funding

Sec. 30.087.  FUNDING.  (a)  The cost of educating students who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be borne by the state and paid from the foundation school fund, but independent school districts and institutions of higher education in the state may and are encouraged to make available property or services in cooperation with the regional day school programs for the deaf for any activities related to the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including research, personnel training, and staff development.(b)  From the amount appropriated for regional day school programs, the commissioner shall allocate funds to each program based on the number of weighted full-time equivalent students served.  The commissioner may consider local resources available in allocating funds under this subsection.(c)  A school district may receive an allotment for transportation of students participating in a regional day school program, determined in the same manner as an allotment for the transportation of other special education students.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 30.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter E. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Facilities|Section 30.101. Purpose

Sec. 30.101.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this subchapter is to provide the state available school fund apportionment to children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.  To provide the state available school fund apportionment for educational purposes, the educational programs provided to those children are considered to be educational services provided by public schools.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 30.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter E. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Facilities|Section 30.102. Allocation

Sec. 30.102.  ALLOCATION.  (a)  The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is entitled to receive the state available school fund apportionment based on the average daily attendance in the department's educational programs of students who are at least three years of age and not older than 21 years of age.(b)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, or full-time school nurse employed by the department is entitled to receive as a minimum salary the monthly salary specified by Section 21.402.  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school counselor, or full-time school nurse may be paid, from funds appropriated to the department, a salary in excess of the minimum specified by that section, but the salary may not exceed the rate of pay for a similar position in the public schools of an adjacent school district.(c)  The commissioner, with the assistance of the comptroller, shall determine the amount that the department would have received from the available school fund if Chapter 28, Acts of the 68th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1984, had not transferred statutorily dedicated taxes from the available school fund to the foundation school fund.  That amount, minus any amount the schools do receive from the available school fund, shall be set apart as a separate account in the foundation school fund and appropriated to the department for educational purposes.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 1.33, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 443 (S.B. 715), Sec. 26, eff. June 14, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 30.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter E. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Facilities|Section 30.103. Memorandum of Understanding

Sec. 30.103.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.  The Texas Juvenile Justice Department with the assistance of the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Workforce Investment Council shall by rule adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes the respective responsibility of those entities to provide through local workforce development boards job training and employment assistance programs to children committed or formerly sentenced to the department.  The department shall coordinate the development of the memorandum of understanding and include in its annual report information describing the number of children in the preceding year receiving services under the memorandum.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 818, Sec. 6.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 30.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30 - State and Regional Programs and Services|Subchapter E. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Facilities|Section 30.104. Credit for Completion of Educational Programs; High School Diploma and Certificate

Sec. 30.104.  CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS;  HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE.  (a)  A school district shall grant to a student credit toward the academic course requirements for high school graduation for courses the student successfully completes in Texas Juvenile Justice Department educational programs.(b)  A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a department educational program if:(1)  the student successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a) and complies with Section 39.025; or(2)  the student successfully completes the curriculum requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.(c)  A department educational program may issue a certificate of course-work completion to a student who successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a) but who fails to comply with Section 39.025.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 164 (H.B. 25), Sec. 5, eff. May 27, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2015.|