| (9) appropriate circumstances for facilitating a referral
of a student or the student's parents to a governmental agency for
services or public benefits, including a referral to a governmental
agency to place the student on a waiting list for public benefits
available to the student such as a waiver program established under
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)), §1915(c);
and
(10) the use and availability of appropriate:
(A) supplementary aids, services, curricula, and other
opportunities to assist the student in developing decision-making
skills; and
(B) supports and services to foster the student's independence
and self-determination, including a supported decision-making agreement
under Texas Estates Code, Chapter 1357.
(i) A student's ARD committee shall annually review
the issues described in subsection (h) of this section and, if necessary,
update the portions of the student's IEP that address those issues.
(j) In accordance with 34 CFR, §300.320(b), beginning
not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the student turns
16 years of age, or younger if determined appropriate by the ARD committee,
and updated annually thereafter, the IEP must include the following:
(1) appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based
upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education,
employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills; and
(2) the transition services, including courses of study,
needed to assist the student in reaching the postsecondary goals developed
under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(k) The written statement of the IEP must document
the decisions of the ARD committee with respect to issues discussed
at each ARD committee meeting. The written statement must also include:
(1) the date of the meeting;
(2) the name, position, and signature of each member
participating in the meeting; and
(3) an indication of whether the child's parents, the
adult student, if applicable, and the administrator agreed or disagreed
with the decisions of the ARD committee.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §89.1055 adopted to be effective September 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 7240; amended to be effective March 6, 2001, 26 TexReg 1837; amended to be effective June 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 5608; amended to be effective November 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 8129; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 10446; amended to be effective March 22, 2017, 42 TexReg 1247; amended to be effective February 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 763; amended to be effective March 14, 2021, 46 TexReg 1466; amended to be effective June 7, 2022, 47 TexReg3248 |
