The Texas Education Agency earlier this year proposed a special education conservatorship, largely because of Austin ISD's backlog of special education evaluations. But now state education officials are offering the district a different plan.
Austin ISD violated state and federal law because it repeatedly failed to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The agency said the district did not evaluate students for special education services within the timeframe required by law. Back in March, the district said it had around 1,800 overdue evaluations.
"As we review the TEA proposal and make a decision on our path forward, I'll continue to keep our community involved and advised on the important work," he said. School Board President Arati Singh, who joined Segura at Wednesday's news conference, said the board must decide whether to approve TEA's new proposal by Sept. 29. She expects trustees to vote during their Sept. 21 meeting.
"What we understand is that there will be a continued focus and engagement by TEA with Austin ISD regardless of there being a formal conservator," he said."So, we do believe that the state will continue to be involved with the school district and ensuring that all of the past violations are corrected."on the TEA to investigate Austin ISD and sued the district over delayed evaluations.
Aleman added that improvements to special education services cannot stop with completing evaluations.
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