The number of Texas schoolchildren receiving special education services has increased to...
Deaf students from left, Julian Farias, 17, from South San Antonio ISD, Jaime De La Garza, 18, from Harlandale ISD and Liliana Garcia, 15, from Somerset ISD, pay attention as South San Antonio High School Special Ed teacher Evangelina Gantt teaches makes a point during an English class, Thursday, May 18, 2017.
"That is undoubtedly higher today as we speak," Education Commissioner Mike Morath told the group of legislators Thursday."There's been a massive increase in the identification of students." the state from capping special education enrollment and another to increase funding for services for children with autism and kids with dyslexia, following the Chronicle's reporting.When he started in 2016, he said, TEA had 20 employees focused on special education support and oversight. There now are 82 such employees.
In Thursday’s week’s presentation, Morath outlined the steps TEA is taking to meet federal compliance, adding the state has a lot more work to do to"honor our moral commitment to children." OSEP said in August that Texas school districts were not promptly referring children for dyslexia evaluations and that it was concerned with “TEA’s lack of monitoring and supervision” of districts that were failing to properly evaluate those students.
“We hear constantly of parents being dismayed because they are told their child is not eligible,” she said. “Until that changes, there is still a big hole in the system. You can’t go halfway and say that it’s fixed.”
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