Texas Education Code
§ 30.021 — PURPOSE OF TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
ED § 30.021Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 30. STATE AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES · Art. B. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Statute text
View on source(a)The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a state agency established to serve as a special school in the continuum of statewide alternative placements for students who are 21 years of age or younger on September 1 of any school year and who have a visual impairment and who may have one or more other disabilities. The school is intended to serve students who require specialized or intensive educational or related services related to the visual impairment. The school is not intended to serve:
(1)students whose needs are appropriately addressed in a home or hospital setting or in a residential treatment facility; or
(2)students whose primary, ongoing needs are related to a severe or profound emotional, behavioral, or cognitive deficit.
(b)The school district in which a student resides is responsible for assuring that a free appropriate public education is provided to each district student placed in the regular school year program of the school and that all legally required meetings for the purpose of developing and reviewing the student's individualized educational program are conducted. If the school disagrees with a district's individualized education program committee recommendation that a student be evaluated for placement, initially placed, or continued to be placed at the school, the district or the school may seek resolution according to a procedure established by the commissioner or through any due process hearing to which the district or school is entitled under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.).
(c)The school shall conduct supplemental programs, such as summer programs and student exchange programs, and shall consider information from sources throughout the state regarding the nature of those programs and students to be served.
(d)The school shall provide statewide services to parents of students with visual impairments, school districts, regional education service centers, and other agencies serving students with visual impairments, including students who have one or more disabilities in addition to the visual impairment, such as students who are deaf-blind. Those services must include:
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 680 (S.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 1031), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 4.48, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1137 (S.B. 568), Sec. 48, eff. June 20, 2025.