[Txabs] Feds say Texas illegally failed to educate students with disabilities

[Liz Wisecarver]

Breaking!

“After interviews and monitoring visits with parents, school administrators and state officials, the federal investigation found that the Texas Education Agency effectively capped the statewide percentage of students who could receive special education services and incentivized some school districts to deny services to eligible students.”

Full article here: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/01/11/federal-special-education-monitoring-report/

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Liz Wisecarver, Director - sent from my iPhone
NFB-NEWSLINE Texas

346-704-0145
lwisecarver at nfbtx.org

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