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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 38.0051: ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENT WITH CONCUSSION OR OTHER BRAIN INJURY.

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  1. EDUCATION CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
  3. SUBTITLE G. SAFE SCHOOLS
  4. CHAPTER 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(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.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (S.B. 2398), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:05Z. Source file · JSON

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