19 TAC § 89.1001. Scope and Applicability, DIVISION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Special education and related services shall be provided to eligible students in accordance with all applicable federal law and regulations, state statutes, rules of the State Board of Education, State Board for Educator Certification, and commissioner of education, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

(b) Education programs under the direction and control of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Texas School for the Deaf, and schools within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall comply with state and federal law and regulations concerning the delivery of special education and related services to eligible students and shall be monitored by the Texas Education Agency in accordance with the requirements identified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Residential facility refers to a facility defined by Texas Education Code, §5.001(8), which includes any person, facility, or entity that provides 24-hour custody or care of a person residing in the facility for detention, treatment, foster care, or any noneducational purpose. A school district must initiate Child Find outreach activities to locate, evaluate, and identify eligible students in any residential facility within its boundaries. If a student is eligible, a school district must provide the required special education and related services to the student unless, after contacting the facility to offer those services to eligible students with disabilities, the facility can demonstrate that the services are provided by another educational program provider, such as a charter school, approved nonpublic school, or a facility operated private school. However, the district shall, at minimum, contact the facility at least twice per year to conduct Child Find activities and to offer services to eligible students with disabilities.