Federal Officials tell Texas to go Beyond Plan for Special Education Overhaul
October 19, 2018
By: Aliyya Swaby
Source: The Texas Tribune
Federal officials said Texas should be doing even more to improve special education — and they’re planning a visit early next year to check.
In a letter Friday, officials from the U.S. Department of Education dissected Texas’ proposed plan for overhauling special education for kids with disabilities — in many cases urging state officials to do even more than they had originally planned. Earlier this year, a thorough investigation found Texas had failed to provide students with disabilities with a proper education, violating federal special education law, and demanded it undertake a long list of corrective actions to shape up.
After finalizing a plan in April, the Texas Education Agency has to date dramatically changed the structure of its departments overseeing special education…