{"id":19220,"date":"2016-10-27T09:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=19220"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T15:53:54","slug":"investigation-how-texas-keeps-tens-of-thousands-of-kids-out-of-special-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/investigation-how-texas-keeps-tens-of-thousands-of-kids-out-of-special-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"INVESTIGATION: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Kids Out of Special Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"INVESTIGATION%3A%20How%20Texas%20Keeps%20Tens%20of%20Thousands%20of%20Kids%20Out%20of%20Special%20Ed\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Are you following the investigation in Texas, where unelected state officials devised a system that kept thousands of disabled kids out of special education?<\/p>\n<p>This 2004 &#8220;monitoring system&#8221; is under investigation by the Houston Chronicle and state bureau reporter Brian M. Rosenthal, who is passionate about covering vulnerable people and the ways in which they are affected by their government.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up with series, track your district, or share your story at <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/\">The Houston Chronicle<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">**Update 2019:<\/span><\/strong> <em>Texas Education Agency v. U.S. Dept of Education<\/em> featured as Case of the Year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2018law\/index.htm\"><em><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments &amp; Cases 2018<\/span><\/em><\/a>, pages 42 and 124.<\/p>\n<p>USDOE withheld $33.3 million from Texas when the TEA failed to comply with IDEA requirements for state financial support for special ed. Texas appealed to the Fifth Circuit which denied the petition for review and upheld the USDOE.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>***Investigation Results Update: January 11, 2018.<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/tea-violated-federal-laws-corrective-action-ordered\/\">TEA Violated Federal Laws &#8211; Corrective Action Ordered!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texas\u2019s decision to set a \u201ctarget\u201d for the maximum percentage of students who should receive special education services violated federal laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Federal regulators order the state to design a plan to identify students who were inappropriately kept out of special education and to figure out how to help them, among other corrective actions.&#8221;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-24-at-12.11.37-PM-300x173.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-10-24-at-12-11-37-pm\" width=\"417\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Denied: Part 1: <a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/1\/\">How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Kids Out of Special Ed<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"> http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/1\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/\"><strong>Schools Push Students Out of Special Education to Meet State Limit<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/extra\/\">Official fights to restore special ed for autistic son<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"> <a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/extra\/\">http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/extra\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/beyond-the-data\/\"><strong>How we know the reason for the drop in Texas special ed students<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"> http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/beyond-the-data\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>Search your school district:<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/visualizations\/\">See how the percentage of kids receiving special ed services has changed in your area.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/visualizations\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/visualizations\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>Share your story:<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/tell-your-story\/\">Help the Chronicle investigate.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/tell-your-story\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/denied\/tell-your-story\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>Feds Order Texas to comply with Special ed Laws<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/texas\/article\/Feds-order-Texas-to-eliminate-special-ed-caps-9648347.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/texas\/article\/Feds-order-Texas-to-eliminate-special-ed-caps-9648347.php<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Straus-Students-who-need-special-education-9225939.php\">Straus: &#8216;Students who need special education should not be kept out of it&#8217;<\/a><\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><\/span>House speaker vows to take action after Chronicle report on special ed<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Straus-Students-who-need-special-education-9225939.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/politics\/texas\/article\/Straus-Students-who-need-special-education-9225939.php<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ewa.org\/ewa-radio\/how-texas-shortchanged-students-disabilities\"><strong>How Texas Shortchanged Students With Disabilities<\/strong><\/a><\/span> &#8211; Education Writers Association radio interview with Chronicle reporter Brian Rosenthal who talks with EWA public editor Emily Richmond about crunching the numbers, how this has impacted students and families, and what\u2019s next in his reporting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewa.org\/ewa-radio\/how-texas-shortchanged-students-disabilities\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.ewa.org\/ewa-radio\/how-texas-shortchanged-students-disabilities<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/326304343\/U-S-Department-of-Education-letter-about-Texas-special-education-enrollment-target\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">October 3, 2016: US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Letter to Morath, Commissioner TEA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/326304343\/U-S-Department-of-Education-letter-about-Texas-special-education-enrollment-target\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/326304343\/U-S-Department-of-Education-letter-about-Texas-special-education-enrollment-target<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/tea-violated-federal-laws-corrective-action-ordered\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">January 11, 2018: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>TEA Violated Federal Laws &#8211; 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