• 2022-2023 Special Education Consolidated (Federal) Program Guidelines

• Notice of Procedural Safeguards - English, Spanish

• ARD Guide - English, Spanish

• Caregiver Respite Grant (through 2020-2021 school year) - English, Spanish

• Student Handbook Statement: English

• Student Handbook Statement: Spanish

• SPEDTex

• Overview of Special Education for Parents - English, Spanish

• Education Service Center, Region 20

• Parent Companion-First Five Years

• Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education

• Texas Education Agency 

• Texas Education Agency Resources on Special Education in Texas

• Delayed or Denied an Evaluation-Compensatory Services - English, Spanish

• Child Center Legal Framework 

• Texas School for the Deaf

• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• Texas Transition and Employment Guide 

• Authority: TEC, §29.0112(e)

• Texas Transition Website

   

• Technical Assistance: Child Find and Evaluation

• COVID-19 Compensatory Services - English, Spanish  

• Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services: English

• Evaluaciones Restrasadas o Denegadas & Servicios Compensatorios

• How Colleges Can Help Visually Impaired Students Succeed

• Texas Transition and Employment Guide - English

• Texas Transition and Employment Guide - Español

Senate Bill 139 requires districts to notify parents of updates to Special Education by the Texas Education Agency.  Please see notice linked here: SB 139 Notice to Families

English Spanish
Authority: OSEP Requirement 2

Resources: IDEA, Dyslexia, MTSS, and Section 504  
Authority: OSEP Requirement 3

Significant Disproportionality TEA
State and Federal Activity Updates Regarding Significant Disproportionality
Authority: 34 CFR §300.646(c)

Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES)

Please Apply!

TEA is providing online accounts of $1,500 for Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES).  The SSES program creates an account for you to shop for educational products (learning supplies) and services (therapies, tutoring, etc.) through an online digital marketplace.  Students who are currently enrolled in a Texas public school and who are served by special education qualify.  Please see the attached information and apply now! 

STAAR Alternate 2

• In order to be assessed using the STAAR Alternate 2, students must have a severe cognitive disability.  Please see the Participation Requirements which must be completed during an Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee Meeting. 

  • STAAR Alt 2 Participation Requirements