26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.1303 - What responsibilities do I have for a child's individual educational needs?

You must:

(1) Review report cards and other information received from teachers or school authorities with the child and provide necessary information to caregivers;

(2) Counsel and assist the child regarding adequate classroom performance;

(3) Permit, encourage, and make reasonable efforts to involve the child in extracurricular activities to the extent of the child's interests and abilities and in accordance with the child's service plan;

(4) Provide a quiet, well-lighted space for the child to study and allow regular times for homework and study;

(5) Know what emergency behavior interventions are permitted and being used with the child;

(6) Let the parent know that an ARD (Admission, Review, and Dismissal), IEP (Individual Education Plan), or ITP (Individual Transitional Planning) meeting should be requested if you are concerned with the child's educational program or if the child does not appear to be making progress;

(7) Attend ARD, IEP, and ITP meetings and other school staffings and conferences, if requested by the parent, to represent the child's educational best interests, including the child being evaluated for and provided with related services needed to benefit from educational services, and positive behavior supports designed to decrease the need for negative disciplinary techniques or interventions; and

(8) Know what is in the child's IEP and support the school's efforts to implement the IEP, if applicable.

Notes

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 748.1303

The provisions of this §748.1303 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 16, April 22, 2022, TexReg 2265, eff. 4/25/2022