Higher Education
Texas Law
- Establishes tests and minimum passing standards for enrollment in public institutions of higher education and requires provision of developmental education for individuals who do not pass.
- Provides tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are blind or deaf.
- Provides tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions for the following:
- Children of persons who acquire disabilities in the line of duty as firemen, peace officers, game wardens, or employees of correctional institutions.
- Children of certain military personnel who are totally disabled.
- Children of certain volunteer peace officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty.
- Individuals who acquire disabilities in the line of duty as a peace officer.
- Requires a college textbook publisher to provide a public college or university an electronic copy of a textbook as requested by students who are blind or have dyslexia.
- Allows students of public institutions of higher education to count credit received in an American Sign Language course toward satisfaction of a foreign language requirement of that institution.
- Allows a person's teaching obligation under a Teach for Texas Alternative Certification Assistance Program to be cancelled if the recipient acquires a permanent disability and is no longer able to teach.
- Provides that an institution of higher learning may not reassess a student with dyslexia in order to assess the student's need for accommodations until the institution reevaluates the information from the student's previous assessments.
Texas Statutes
- Tests and Standards:
Texas Education Code, Section 51.3062 - Tuition Exemptions:
Texas Education Code, Sections 54.204, 54.2041 & 54.205 - Textbooks:
Texas Education Code, Section 51.970 - American Sign Language:
Texas Education Code, Section 51.303 - Teaching Obligation:
Texas Education Code, Section 56.357
Relevant Federal Laws
The Rehabilitation Act, Section 504
Resources
Transitioning from High School to College (PDF)
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