Beginning with the 2017 school year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) changed the way it reports special education enrollment in school systems. TEA no longer includes a target for a school system’s total numbers of students in special education as part of state monitoring.

For special education representation, TEA only reports on overrepresentation within certain race, ethnicity and disability categories, as required by federal law. School systems cannot use this reporting data to delay, deny or prevent a referral for an evaluation for special education services.

• Overview of Special Education for Parents_English

• Overview of Special Educaiton for Parents_Spanish

• Updates in Special Education

• Actualizaciones en Educacion Especial

• Senate Bill 139 

• Senate Bill 139 Spanish

• Delayed or Denied Compensatory Evaluation & Compensatory Services English

• Delayed or Denied Compensatory Evaluation & Compensatory Services Spanish

• Aiding Students Who Have Learning Difficulties or Who Need Special Education or Section 504 Services

• Texas Education Agency Dispute Resolution Systems Handbook March 2021

• Spanish Version of Texas Education Agency Dispute Resolution Systems Handbook March 2021

• Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) English

• Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) Spanish

• SSES ARD Committee Flowchart