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Supplementary aids and services, special education, and related services must be based on peer-reviewed research to the extent practicable.
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SUPPLEMENTARY AIDS AND SERVICES
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The admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee must determine needed supplementary aids and services to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child.
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The term supplementary aids and services means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in general education classes, other education-related settings, and in extracurricular and nonacademic settings, to enable the child with a disability to be educated with nondisabled children to the maximum extent appropriate.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
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The ARD committee must determine needed special education services.
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The term special education means specially-designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of the child with a disability.
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RELATED SERVICES
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A child is eligible to receive audiology services provided under the school health and related services program of the Health and Human Services Commission, as outlined in the FUNDING FOR NONEDUCATIONAL SERVICES framework, if the child: Citations: |
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For each child placed in the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf that includes placement at the residential campus by the ARD committee:
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PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS AND SUPPORTS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
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The ARD committee must determine needed program modifications or supports for school personnel that will be provided to the child to enable the child to:
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A determination that the child is unable to complete the requirement to receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation is made by the ARD committee.
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TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT THE IEP
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The LEA is required to provide training to an educator who works primarily outside the area of special education only if the educator does not possess the knowledge and skills necessary to implement the IEP developed for the child receiving instruction from the educator:
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INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION
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For the child who did not perform satisfactorily on a state assessment under the STATE AND DISTRICTWIDE ASSESSMENTS framework or who is likely not to receive a high school diploma before the fifth school year following the child's enrollment in grade 9:
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ACCELERATED READING INSTRUCTION
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For the child in kindergarten or grades 1 or 2 who did not perform satisfactorily on a reading instrument selected from the list adopted by the commissioner of education or by the district-level committee:
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ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION
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The ARD committee of a child who does not perform satisfactorily on the statewide assessment program will, at the child's next annual review meeting, review the child's participation and progress in, as applicable, accelerated instruction, supplemental instruction, or an accelerated education plan.
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The child's parent may request, or the LEA may schedule, an additional ARD committee meeting, if a committee member believes that the child's IEP needs to be modified related to the child's participation and progress in, as applicable, accelerated instruction, supplemental instruction, or an accelerated education plan. Citations: |
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If the LEA refuses to convene a committee meeting requested by the child's parent concerning the child's participation and progress in, as applicable, accelerated instruction, supplemental instruction, or an accelerated education plan, the LEA will provide the parent with written notice explaining the reason the LEA refuses to convene the meeting. Citations: |
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If a child who attends school in a homebound or other off-campus instructional arrangement, including at a residential treatment campus or state hospital, is unable to participate in an accelerated instruction program due to the child's condition, the LEA may determine that the child be provided the accelerated instruction when the child attends school in an on-campus instructional setting. Citations: |
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If the child's condition prevents the child from attending school in an on-campus instructional setting for the school year during which the accelerated instruction is required to be provided to the child, the LEA is not required to provide the accelerated instruction to the child for that school year. Citations: |
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PERSONAL GRADUATION PLAN IN JUNIOR HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
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For the child in junior high or middle school, the child's IEP may be used as the child's personal graduation plan.
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INITIATION, FREQUENCY, AND DURATION OF SERVICES
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The ARD committee must determine the appropriate instructional setting and length of day for each child, and these must be specified in the child's IEP.
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Children with disabilities must have available an instructional day commensurate with that of children without disabilities.
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LOCATION
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The ARD committee must determine and include in the IEP the anticipated location of the services and modifications.
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If, for the purpose of receiving special education services, the LEA assigns the child to a campus location other than the campus location the child would attend based on the child's residence:
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