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Texas Education Code - EDUC § 38.0051. Academic Accommodations for Student With Concussion or Other Brain Injury

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The agency shall develop a list of nonmedical academic accommodations a school district may offer to a student diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury.

(b) The agency shall:

(1) develop a form for use by school districts describing the accommodations a district may offer under this section;  and

(2) make the form developed under Subdivision (1) available on the agency's Internet website for use by school districts, district educators or administrators, students, and parents or guardians.

(c) A school district that provides accommodations under this section must make the form developed under Subsection (b) available to:

(1) a district employee as soon as practicable after receiving:

(A) notice that a student enrolled in the district has been diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury;  or

(B) a request from the employee;  and

(2) a student enrolled in the district or the student's parent or guardian as soon as practicable after receiving:

(A) notice that the student has been diagnosed with a concussion or other brain injury;  or

(B) a request from the student or parent or guardian.

(d) This section may not be construed to require a school district to provide any accommodations under this section.

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