Texas Register
TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 89ADAPTATIONS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
SUBCHAPTER AACOMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
DIVISION 2CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND STATE LAW
RULE §89.1035Age Ranges for Student Eligibility
ISSUE 08/18/2000
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Pursuant to state and federal law, services provided in accordance with this subchapter shall be available to all eligible students ages 3-21. Services will be made available to eligible students on their third birthday. Graduation with a regular high school diploma pursuant to §89.1070 of this title (relating to Graduation Requirements) terminates a student's eligibility to receive services in accordance with this subchapter. An eligible [A] student receiving special education services who is 21 [younger than 22] years of age on September 1 of a school [scholastic] year shall be eligible for services through the end of that school [scholastic] year or until graduation with a regular high school diploma pursuant to §89.1070 of this title, 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.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on August 7, 2000

TRD-200005455

Criss Cloudt

Associate Commissioner, Policy Planning and Research

Texas Education Agency

Earliest possible date of adoption: September 17, 2000

For further information, please call: (512) 463-9701

 

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