(a) Pursuant to state and federal law, services provided in accordance with this subchapter shall be available to all eligible students on their third birthday. A student receiving special education services who is younger than 22 years of age on September 1 of a scholastic year shall be eligible for services through the end of that scholastic year or until graduation, whichever comes first. (b) In accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), §§29.003, 30.002(a), and 30.081, a free, appropriate, public education shall be available from birth to students with visual or auditory impairments.
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