Proponents say the changes would better serve special education students with widely varying needs — and help schools pay for ...

The district said on Thursday it has completed 75% of the requirements to rehabilitate its special education department under the agreement with the Texas ... data system transition and expects ...

Texas is facing a $1.7 billion shortfall in special education funding, prompting school districts to sound the alarm and lawmakers to propose changes to the state’s funding policies.

Right now Texas special education is at a pinch point ... but turning that ship and going through that transition, there’s always going to be bumps.” A collection of reforms written by ...

Based on positive outcomes in other states that fund special education this way, SB 568 would require Texas to classify student need based on an eight-tiered model, rather than on the time they ...

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families get through the program.

The Governor of Texas has directed the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to investigate after a school district allowed a student ...

For the first time this session, a Texas House Committee discussed a ... Another part of the debate centered around special education students, specifically whether private schools are better ...

Abbott said the educators took "unethical actions" to "socially transition" a student at ... He directed the Texas Education Agency to look into the matter. According to Abbott, Rep.