Caregivers must:
  (1) Review report cards and other information received from teachers or school authorities with the child and provide necessary information to agency staff;
  (2) Counsel and assist the child regarding adequate classroom performance;
  (3) Permit, encourage, and make reasonable efforts to involve the child in extracurricular activities as determined by a reasonable and prudent parent standard to the extent of the child's interests and abilities and in accordance with the child's service plan.
  (4) Provide a quiet, well-lighted space for the child to study and allow regular times for homework and study;
  (5) Know what emergency behavior interventions are permitted and being used with the child;
  (6) Request ARD (admission, review, and dismissal), IEP (individual education plan), and ITP (individual transitional planning) meetings if concerned with the child's educational program or if the child does not appear to be making progress;
  (7) Provide notice to the parent of the child of any scheduled ARD, IEP, or ITP meetings;
  (8) Attend ARD, IEP, ITP meetings, other school staffings, and conferences to represent the child's educational best interests, including the child being evaluated for and provided with services needed for the child to benefit from educational services, and positive behavior supports designed to decrease the need for negative disciplinary techniques or interventions; and
  (9) Know what is in the child's IEP and support the school's efforts to implement the IEP, if applicable.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1893 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2272