19 T.A.C. § 89.1050. The Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee.

(a)  Each school district shall establish an admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee for each eligible student with a disability and for each student for whom a full and individual initial evaluation is conducted pursuant to §89.1011 of this title (relating to Referral for Full and Individual Initial Evaluation). The ARD committee shall be the individualized education program (IEP) team defined in federal law and regulations, including, specifically, 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), §300.344. The school district shall be responsible for all of the functions for which the IEP team is responsible under federal law and regulations and for which the ARD committee is responsible under state law, including, specifically, the following:

(1) 34 CFR, §§300.340-300.349, and Texas Education Code (TEC), §29.005 (Individualized Education Program);

(2) 34 CFR, §§300.400-300.402 (relating to placement of eligible students in private schools by a school district);

(3) 34 CFR, §§300.452, 300.455, and 300.456 (relating to the development and implementation of service plans for eligible students in private school who have been designated to receive special education and related services);

(4) 34 CFR, §§300.520, 300.522, and 300.523, and TEC, §37.004 (Placement of Students with Disabilities);

(5) 34 CFR, §§300.532-300.536 (relating to evaluations, re-evaluations, and determination of eligibility);

(6) 34 CFR, §§300.550-300.553 (relating to least restrictive environment);

(7) TEC, §28.006 (Reading Diagnosis);

(8) TEC, §28.0211 (Satisfactory Performance on Assessment Instruments Required; Accelerated Instruction);

(9) TEC, §28.0212 (Personal Graduation Plan);

(10) TEC, §28.0213 (Intensive Program of Instruction);

(11) TEC, Chapter 29, Subchapter I (Programs for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing);

(12) TEC, §30.002 (Education of Children with Visual Impairments);

(13) TEC, §30.003 (Support of Students Enrolled in the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or Texas School for the Deaf);

(14) TEC, §33.081 (Extracurricular Activities);

(15) TEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B (Assessment of Academic Skills); and

(16) TEC, §42.151 (Special Education).