TEA orders HISD to make sweeping changes to special education program, warns district could lose state funding

The Texas Education Agency has issued a formal directive to Houston ISD, mandating comprehensive reforms to its special education program. Following concerns regarding the district's Student Success Program, the TEA requires the correction of violations impacting over 6,700 students. The district must improve oversight of Individualized Education Programs within six months or face potential state interventions, including the withholding of critical funding and the designation of high-risk grantee status.