Connecting to Community Supports

Effective beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, due to the passage and signing of House Bill (HB) 1188 in the 89th (2025) Texas legislative session, Texas Education Code §29.030 was added to specify requirements for school systems to provide the parent or legal guardian of a student who has been identified as having an intellectual disability or a developmental delay with information about services and public benefits provided by the local intellectual and developmental disability authority (LIDDA) that serves the county in which the student resides, including services under waiver programs established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)).

To share the required information at the first admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting during which the individualized education program (IEP) is developed for a student with an intellectual disability or a developmental delay, each local educational agency (LEA) will use the Connecting to Community Supports resource to ensure that families are provided with information about their LIDDA. Before distributing this resource, add local contact information in the appropriate fields.