Feds tell Texas: Report special education benchmark’s impact

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The federal government on Monday ordered Texas officials to eliminate an 8.5 percent benchmark on special education enrollment unless they can show it didn’t keep children with disabilities from receiving appropriate educational services.
The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2dpBKWw ) reports that the U.S. Department of Education directed the state to report back in 30 days on the benchmark’s impact and on which school districts might have relied on it to d