Any comment re @teainfo's no-bid contract(s) & the state auditor's report @GregAbbott_TX? You issued your declaration in Jan 2015, yet we're still dealing with this in 2018! Our children's privacy > protecting @teainfo's questionable contracts. #FixTxSpEddallasnews.com/news/politics…
2/2) ZERO of these "partners" have knowledge or hands-on experience in #SPED. This @ a time when TX is in a special education crisis. 🤯🤦♀️🤦♂️ We support @TexasAFT & @txstateteachers! #TXlege#FixTxSpEd
2/2) We want law enforcemnt & 3rd party audit re issues w #STAAR online test; ALL online scores thrown out & online version shelved until these issues resolved; & an apology from ur office.
Once again, students w dis set up to fail-we won't b quiet wo meaningful change #FixTxSpEd
Yes, let's drag out the anxiety our students with disabilities experience regarding the #STAAR for a few days longer. How about we just tell @teainfo this is #unacceptable and demand the online version scores be thrown out. #FixTxSpEd oh yeah...and get our 💰 back from ETS!
ICYMI: ANOTHER STAAR test "glitch" back on May 10th 4 students taking online version. ahem....@teainfo & @txlege-aren't kids w IEPs & 504s the students that primarily take the online version?!?! Once again, this fails r most vulnerable students! Throw out the scores! #FixTxSpEd
Parents of students w disabilities! This is IMPORTANT! @DiegoBernalTX & #txlege passed legislation so ur child is NOT required 2 retake the STAAR! If your child doesn't pass 1 (or all) of his/her assessments, make sure u let the ARD comm know retesting isn't req'd! #FixTxSpEd
We did a lot of work to reduce unnecessary retesting of Special Education students. Proud of the team for their effort. Take a look. #txlege#txedift.tt/2rwqkpY
"Nearly THIRTY YEARS after passage of the landmark disability rights law, three lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office to find out if the nation’s schools are as accessible as they should be." #FixTxSpEd.
Members of Congress are asking for a federal investigation into whether schools across the country are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read more at Disability Scoop! ow.ly/PiZD30jONt1
Per @DisRightsTx Aleman's testimony: Using latest TX data (2015-16 school year, in the 6-21 age range)
-419,451 students under IDEA;
-SLD is largest category @ 159,225;
-kids diag w autism r fastest growing group (grew despite the 8.5% cap) current # is 47,507.
#FixTxSpEd
Appreciate the TX School Finance Commission's Expenditures Work Group, headed by @DanHuberty, holding hearing solely on special education weights & allotments. Judge Scott Brister & @KevenEllisDC also sit on committee. #FixTxSpEd Watch live here: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaP…
Closing Public Schools in Black & Brown communities is NEVER the answer - or attacking their teachers. We march and we protest because extremists and Non-educators think they’re experts in Education. Enough! #RedForEd#txlege#txed#TheResistancehoustonchronicle.com/news/ho…
Wow. TY @HoustonISD for making the right decision. Yur constituents & fellow Texans will support u in any way we can. @teainfo & Commish Morath have bullied & weilded too much power over our communities. It's time to hold them accountable! #FixTxSpEd#NoPartnerships#NoCharters