SECTION 411.63. Interagency Coordination of Special Education Services to Students with Disabilities in Residential Facilities

(a) Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) adopts by reference a rule of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in 19 TAC §89.1115 (relating to Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Interagency Coordination of Special Education Services to Students with Disabilities in Residential Facilities).

(b) The TEA rule contains the text of an MOU between the following state agencies:

(1) TDMHMR;

(2) TEA;

(3) Texas Department of Human Services;

(4) Texas Department of Health;

(5) Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services;

(6) Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention;

(7) Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse;

(8) Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; and

(9) Texas Youth Commission.

(c) The MOU concerns the provision of a free and appropriate education for school-age residents of residential facilities and is required by the Texas Education Code, §29.012(d).

(d) Copies of the MOU are filed in the Office of Policy Development, TDMHMR, 909 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas 78756, and may be reviewed during regular business hours.

Source Note: The provisions of this §411.63 adopted to be effective November 15, 1999, 24 TexReg 10091; amended to be effective February 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 1392