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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - ADMISSION, SERVICE PLANNING, AND DISCHARGE
SECTION/RULE §748.1301 - What responsibilities do I have for the education of a child in care?
Chapter Review Date 04/17/2024

(a) You must arrange an appropriate education for each child, including:(1) Ensuring the child in care attends an educational facility or program that is approved or accredited by the Texas Education Agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission or by the out-of-state school district funding the child;(2) Ensuring a school-age child has the training and education in the least restrictive setting necessary to meet the child's needs and abilities;(3) Ensuring a child in care attends an educational facility or program that implements a special education student's individual education plan (IEP); and(4) Advocating that a school-age child receives the educational and related services to which he is entitled under provisions of federal and state law and regulations.(b) For children receiving treatment services you must designate a liaison between the agency and the child's school.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.1301 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909.

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