Texas may owe feds $223M for short-changing special education

Houston Chronicle: Texas education officials thought they owed the federal government $33 million for spending too little on special education, but revised estimates show the state may owe up to $223 million.

Time is limited for the state education agency to devise a solution. Lawmakers plan to adjourn at the end of May, leaving just a few weeks for legislators to shift more funding to special education to avoid at least some of the fine.

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