Tex. Educ. Code § 61.573 · Subchapter J-2. BUILDING BETTER FUTURES PROGRAM
INSTITUTION ELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible to participate in the Building Better Futures Program, an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education must:
(1) be approved by or awaiting approval from the United States Department of Education to offer a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities;
(2) develop and implement a selective admissions process to select eligible students under Section 61.574 for admission to the institution's comprehensive transition and postsecondary program; and
(3) award a certificate to each student who successfully completes the Building Better Futures Program at the institution.
(b) The board shall establish criteria to ensure that each eligible institution that has requested but not yet received approval from the United States Department of Education for the institution's comprehensive transition and postsecondary program obtains that approval not later than the third anniversary of the date the institution is initially selected by the board for participation in the Building Better Futures Program.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 2081), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm
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