Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 350 - EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SERVICES
Subchapter J - INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN (IFSP)
Section 350.1009 - Participants in Initial and Annual Individualized Family Service Plan Meetings

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 350.1009

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) The initial IFSP meeting and each annual meeting to evaluate the IFSP must be conducted by the IFSP team as defined in § 350.103 of this chapter (relating to Definitions) and 34 CFR § 303.343(a).

(b) With parental consent, the subrecipient must also invite to the initial IFSP meeting and annual meetings to evaluate the IFSP:

(1) Early Head Start or Migrant Head Start staff members, if the family is jointly served by either of these programs; and

(2) representatives from other agencies serving or providing case management to the child or family, including Medicaid managed care programs.

(c) If a child:

(1) is documented to be deaf or hard of hearing as described in § 350.809(2) of this chapter (relating to Initial Eligibility Criteria), the IFSP team for an initial IFSP meeting and annual IFSP evaluation meetings must include a certified teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing; or

(2) has a documented visual impairment as described in § 350.809(2) of this chapter (relating to Initial Eligibility Criteria), the IFSP team for an initial IFSP meeting and annual IFSP evaluation meetings must include a teacher of students with visual impairments and a certified orientation and mobility specialist.

(d) Unless there is documentation that the LEA has waived notice, the subrecipient must:

(1) provide the certified teacher required in subsection (c) of this section at least a 10-day written notice before the initial IFSP meeting, any annual meetings to evaluate the IFSP, or any review and evaluation when issues will be addressed that are related to or affected by the child being deaf, hard of hearing, or visually impaired; and

(2) keep documentation of the notice in the child's record.

(e) The IFSP team cannot plan deaf and hard of hearing or vision services or make any changes that affect those services if the certified teacher required in subsection (c) of this section is not in attendance.

(f) The certified teacher required in subsection (c) of this section is not required to attend an IFSP review when the following criteria are met, but the subrecipient must obtain the teacher's input.

(1) The IFSP review does not affect the child's vision or hearing services.

(2) Changes made during the IFSP review are not affected by the child's hearing or visual status.

(g) The IFSP team must route the IFSP within two business days to the certified teacher required in subsection (c) of this section for review and signature when changes to the IFSP do not affect the child's deaf and hard of hearing or vision services.

(h) The certified teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing and the certified teacher of the students with visual impairments required in subsection (c) of this section may submit a request within five days of the IFSP meeting to have another IFSP meeting if the teacher disagrees with any portion of the IFSP.

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