Texas HB430 amends the Education Code to update terminology for certain disabilities affecting eligibility for special education services in public.

Texas HB430 amends Section 29.003 of the Education Code to update the terminology used for certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools. The bill specifies that a student is eligible for special education if they are not more than 21 years of age and have a visual or auditory impairment, or if they are at least three but not more than 21 years of age and have a physical, intellectual or developmental, emotional dysregulation, learning, autism, speech, or traumatic brain injury.

Texas HB430 amends the Education Code to update terminology for certain disabilities affecting eligibility for special education services in public.

Texas HB430 amends Section 29.003 of the Education Code to update the terminology used for certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools. The bill specifies that a student is eligible for special education if they are not more than 21 years of age and have a visual or auditory impairment, or if they are at least three but not more than 21 years of age and have a physical, intellectual or developmental, emotional dysregulation, learning, autism, speech, or traumatic brain injury.