Texas Directed to Take Additional Actions to Remedy Special Education Violations

Education Week: Texas needs to closely monitor a representative sample of school districts to make sure they're appropriately serving students with disabilities, one of a slate of requirements the federal government is placing on the state after it was found to be suppressing the number of children enrolled in special education.

A 2016 investigation by the Houston Chronicle revealed that special education enrollment in Texas had been declining for years, driven by districts' efforts to meet a state enrollment benchmark of 8.5 percent.

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