Consent for Release of Confidential Information from the Registration of Students with Visual Impairments
All students who are eligible for special education as visually impaired or deafblind must be registered by the district on the Texas Education Agency’s annual Registration of Students with Visual Impairments. The Texas Education Agency needs parent consent in order to release personally identifiable information from the registration to other entities that use this information for educational and related purposes to benefit the student.
The specific purpose of these disclosures is to qualify registrants for special textbooks, media and materials and supplemental services. The information also facilitates local, regional, statewide, and national planning, service development, and evaluation. This information is released on an annual basis.
Information to be released may include social security number, name, birth date, grade, disabilities, acuity, textbook media, reading level, ethnicity, if your child receives orientation and mobility services, and school district.
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Consent for Release of Confidential Information from the DeafBlind Census
All students who are eligible for special education as deafblind, or as both auditorily impaired and visually impaired, or who are at risk for deafblindness, must be registered by the district on the Texas Education Agency’s annual Deafblind Census. At-risk for deafblindness means that the student is suspected of having both a hearing and vision loss that may result in educational delays or a need for specialized services, but the student has not yet been fully assessed in one or both of the sensory areas.
The Texas Education Agency needs parent consent in order to release personally identifiable information from the Census to other entities that will use this information for educational and other related purposes to benefit the student.
The specific purpose of these disclosures is to qualify registrants for special media and materials, and supplemental services. The information also facilitates local, regional, statewide, and national planning, service development, and evaluation. This information is released on an annual basis. It will also enable a specialist from the regional education service center to contact parents to describe free services available to parents from the Texas Deafbind Project. A representative of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults may also contact parents to provide information about their services.
Information to be released may include social security number, name, birth date, grade, etiology of deafblindness, other disabilities and related information, and parent’s name, address, and phone number.
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Division of Federal and State Education Policy
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Telephone: 512.463.9414 | Fax: 512.463.9560
Email: sped@tea.state.tx.us