# Texas — Special education initial evaluation deadlines by state — days, day type, and what starts the clock

For Texas, evaluation deadline is not later than the 45th school day; day type is school days; clock starts on is receives written consent for the evaluation, signed by the student's parent or legal guardian; school break treatment is if a student has been absent from school during that period on three or more days, that period must be extended by a number of school days equal to the number of school days during that period on which the student has been absent; differs from federal 60 days is different unit, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Evaluation deadline:** not later than the 45th school day _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Day type:** school days _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Clock starts on:** receives written consent for the evaluation, signed by the student's parent or legal guardian _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **School break treatment:** if a student has been absent from school during that period on three or more days, that period must be extended by a number of school days equal to the number of school days during that period on which the student has been absent _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Differs from federal 60 days:** different unit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or rule:** TX Educ Code § 29.004 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Eligibility or IEP deadline:** The student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall meet not later than the 15th school day of the following school year to consider the evaluation. _(also on this page, in the second passage quoted below)_

## What the source says

> (1) not later than the 45th school day following the date on which the school district, in accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1414(a), as amended, receives written consent for the evaluation, signed by the student's parent or legal guardian, except that if a student has been absent from school during that period on three or more days, that period must be extended by a number of school days equal to the number of school days during that period on which the student has been absent; or

## The same source also states

> (a-1) If a school district receives written consent signed by a student's parent or legal guardian for a full individual and initial evaluation of a student at least 35 but less than 45 school days before the last instructional day of the school year, the evaluation must be completed and the written report of the evaluation must be provided to the parent or legal guardian not later than June 30 of that year. The student's admission, review, and dismissal committee shall meet not later than the 15th school day of the following school year to consider the evaluation.

Source: https://law.justia.com/codes/texas/education-code/title-2/subtitle-f/chapter-29/subchapter-a/section-29-004/

## Source

- https://law.justia.com/codes/texas/education-code/title-2/subtitle-f/chapter-29/subchapter-a/section-29-004/

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-04-28.
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