Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 89 - ADAPTATIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS › Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES › Division 4 - SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING › Section 89.1125 - Allowable Expenditures of State Special Education Funds

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Persons paid from special education funds
					 shall be assigned to instructional or other duties in the special education
					 program and/or to provide support services to the regular education program in
					 order for students with disabilities to be included in the regular program.
					 Support services shall include, but not be limited to, collaborative planning,
					 co-teaching, small group instruction with special and regular education
					 students, direct instruction to special education students, or other support
					 services determined necessary by the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD)
					 committee for an appropriate program for the student with disabilities.
					 Assignments may include duties supportive to school operations equivalent to
					 those assigned to regular education personnel.
(b) Personnel assigned to provide support
					 services to the regular education program as stated in subsection (a) of this
					 section may be fully funded from special education funds.
(c) If personnel are assigned to special
					 education on less than a full-time basis, except as stated in subsection (a) of
					 this section, only that portion of time for which the personnel are assigned to
					 students with disabilities shall be paid from state special education
					 funds.
(d) State special education
					 funds may be used for special materials, supplies, and equipment which are
					 directly related to the development and implementation of individualized
					 education programs (IEPs) of students and which are not ordinarily purchased
					 for the regular classroom. Office and routine classroom supplies are not
					 allowable. Special equipment may include instructional and assistive technology
					 devices, audiovisual equipment, computers for instruction or assessment
					 purposes, and assessment equipment only if used directly with
					 students.
(e) State special
					 education funds may be used to contract with consultants to provide staff
					 development, program planning and evaluation, instructional services,
					 assessments, and related services to students with disabilities.
(f) State special education funds may be used
					 for transportation only to and from residential placements. Prior to using
					 federal funds for transportation costs to and from a residential facility, a
					 district must use state or local funds based on actual expenses up to the state
					 transportation maximum for private transportation contracts.
(g) State special education funds may be used
					 to pay staff travel to perform services directly related to the education of
					 eligible students with disabilities. Funds may also be used to pay travel of
					 staff (including administrators, general education teachers, and special
					 education teachers and service providers) to attend staff development meetings
					 for the purpose of improving performance in assigned positions directly related
					 to the education of eligible students with disabilities. In no event shall the
					 purpose for attending such staff development meetings include time spent in
					 performing functions relating to the operation of professional organizations.
					 Funds may also be used to pay for the joint training of parents and special
					 education, related services, and general education personnel.