CS/CS/HB 615: Individual Education Plans

GENERAL BILL by Education Administration Subcommittee, Student Academic Success Subcommittee, Tendrich; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Basabe, Gerwig, Trabulsy, Valdés

Individual Education Plans; Revises requirements for school districts relating to determination of eligibility, implementation, & accountability for student IEPs; provides that parent has right to access, upon request, service logs within specified timeframe; requires IEP team to inform parents of such right; requires each school district to provide individualized orientation to parent of student newly identified to be eligible for exceptional student education services; requires school district to obtain signed acknowledgement from each parent; provides requirements for orientation & acknowledgement; requires school districts to notify parents of available refresher orientations each year; requires that certain information be retained in student's education records; requires school districts to develop standardized services logs for provisions of specified services for use by specified persons.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/6/2026 03:11 PM

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 72 by Harrell Individual Education Plans Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced	Similar
  S 7036 (c2) by Education Pre-K - 12 Education Last Action: 2/25/2026 S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time	Compare

• Analyses (1)

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  • Education & Employment Committee (Post-Meeting)   2/17/2026

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  1003.57	Exceptional students instruction.	Page 2 (pdf)
  1003.576	Individual education plans for exceptional students.	Page 4 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/3/2025	H	• Filed
  12/12/2025	H	• Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/27/2026	H	• Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda
  1/29/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee
  1/30/2026	H	• Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  2/2/2026	H	• Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
  2/3/2026	H	• Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
  2/5/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee
  2/6/2026	H	• Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  2/9/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Education & Employment Committee
  2/13/2026	H	• Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
  2/17/2026	H	• Favorable by Education & Employment Committee • Reported out of Education & Employment Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar