SB 544

relating to required individualized education program supplements
for certain public school students placed in alternative special
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.0053 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.0053.  INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT
FOR STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS.  (a)  In
(1)  "Alternative special education setting" means:
(A)  a school district campus at which 90 percent
or more of the enrolled students are provided special education and
(B)  a self-contained program that:
(i)  operates as a separate campus from the
campus in which the program is located; and
(ii)  provides special education and related
services to 90 percent or more of the students in regular
(2)  "Committee" means a committee established under
(b)  In developing or modifying an individualized education
program for a student who receives special education or related
services in an alternative special education setting, the student's
committee shall develop and include in an attached supplement to
the written statement of the student's individualized education
program individualized, measurable goals for academic and
social-emotional and behavioral growth that would allow the student
to be returned to a general education setting.  The committee must
meet at least once each semester to review the student's progress
toward the goals developed under this subsection and determine
whether the student may be returned to a general education setting.
SECTION 2.  Section 29.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3)  The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must
require the admission, review, and dismissal committee for a
student who is at least 18 years of age and receiving special
education or related services in an alternative special education
setting, as defined by Section 29.0053, to develop and include in an
attached supplement to the written statement of the student's
individualized education program individualized, measurable goals
for the issues described by Subsections (a)(7) and (8).
SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.