Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Letter To Texas Education Agency Commissioner About Federal Special Education Findings

In this letter dated January 11, 2018, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott urged the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to revise the state's policies on special education services. The letter was in response to an investigation conducted by the federal Department of Education, which concluded that the TEA policies had resulted in school districts illegally denying students with disabilities access to special education . . .