Texas Register, Volume 24, Number 5, Pages 461-638, January 29, 1999 Page: 549
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The Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC) proposes new
114.1-114.3, concerning the Transition Planning Program.
The new sections are being proposed to provide information
concerning assistance to school district and Education Service
Center personnel planning effectively with students who have
disabilities and would benefit from referral to TRC programs.
Charles E. Harrison, Jr., Deputy Commissioner for Financial
Services, has determined that for the first five-year period the
sections are in effect, there will be no fiscal implications for state
or local government.
Mr. Harrison also has determined that for each year of the first
five years the sections are in effect the public benefit anticipated
as a result of enforcing the sections will be provided information
concerning assistance to school district and Education Service
Center personnel planning effectively with students who have
disabilities and would benefit from referral to TRC programs.
There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no
anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to
comply with the sections as proposed.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Roger Darley,
Assistant General Counsel, Texas Rehabilitation Commission,
4900 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 7300, Austin, Texas 78751.
The new sections are proposed under the Texas Human
Resources Code, Title 7, Chapter 111, 111.018 and 111.023,
which provides the Texas Rehabilitation Commission with the
authority to promulgate rules consistent with Title 7, Texas
Human Resources Code.
No other statute, article, or code is affected by this proposal.
114.1. Purpose.
(a) The purpose of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission
(TRC) Transition Planning program is to provide assistance to school
district and Education Service Center personnel to plan effectively
with students who have disabilities who would benefit from referral
to TRC programs.
(b) The planning, administrative, and staff training costs of
this program are state funded.
114.2. Planning Services.
(a) Regional and statewide Transition Specialists, knowledge-
able of Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC) programs assistschool district and Education Service Center personnel through plan-
ning and training on eligibility criteria, services, and the specific out-
comes of the various TRC programs.
(b) A TRC counselor is assigned to each school district and
actively seeks and identifies referrals of students with disabilities.
(c) TRC counselors plan with eligible students before they
exit secondary education.
(d) TRC counselors determine eligibility for, and provide
services in, Vocational Rehabilitation, as well as the other TRC
programs.
(e) The role of the TRC counselor is primarily one of
planning for the student's need for TRC services.
114.3. Interagency Coordination.
Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC) participates in cooperative
Transition planning and training activities with the following agencies
listed in paragraphs (1)-(6) of this section:
(1) Texas Commission for the Blind (TCB);
(2) Texas Education Agency (TEA);
(3) Texas Workforce Commission (TWC);
(4) Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS);
(5) Texas Department Mental Health and Mental Retarda-
tion (TDMHMR); and
(6) Texas Protective and Regulatory Services (TPRS).
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been re-
viewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on January 15,
1999.
TRD-9900265
Charles Schiesser
Chief of Staff
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: February 28, 1999
For further information, please call: (512) 424-4050January 29, 1999 24 TexReg 549
PROPOSED RULES
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