2 Texas Bills Tackle Long-Overdue Special Ed Reforms — & a $1.7B Funding Gap

2 Texas Bills Tackle Long-Overdue Special Ed Reforms — & a $1.7B Funding Gap

Texas school leaders are hopeful that a pair of bills making their way through the state legislature could help to close an estimated $1.7 billion special education funding gap and better equip schools to handle a dramatic rise in the number of children with disabilities in need of services.  The measures are intended to address several longstanding issues that have plagued the state’s special education system. Since the 2015-16 school year, the…