HELP FIX SPECIAL EDUCATION! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
Please call and tell conference committee members (listed below), “Please support House Budget Rider X-9/ Senate Budget Rider III-75”.
These budget riders will:
1) Provide transparency about the progress of TEA’s corrective actions. The Texas Education Agency recently indicated that it cannot implement federally mandated overhauls to comply with special education IDEA requirements until at least June 2020! (Not acceptable!)
2) Require the Legislative Budget Board to examine how special education funding is being spent in Texas. Recent calculations show that Texas could have misspent nearly $223 MILLION. (The federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that Texas improperly used federal funds to reduce state spending instead of supporting children who need special education services).
3) Would create a report that would provide more clarity about how special education money is being spent. (The TEA has been subject to some contracting scandals, and this would provide more transparency).
4) Create a report on special education with a review by the Legislative Budget Board, which would provide critically-needed transparency to Texans and insight to the Legislature about how to fix special education in Texas.
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Please contact/message via phone, tweet or Facebook!
Texas House Appropriations Committee:
Rep. John Zerwas, (512) 463-0657
https://www.facebook.com/johnzerwas/ (@johnzerwas)
https://twitter.com/RepJohnZerwas (@RepJohnZerwas)
Rep. Sarah Davis, (512) 463-0389
https://www.facebook.com/sarahdavisrep134/ (@sarahdavisrep134)
https://twitter.com/SarahforHD134 (@SarahforHD134)
Rep. Oscar Longoria, (512) 463-0645
https://www.facebook.com/RepLongoria/ (@RepLongoria)
https://twitter.com/RepLongoria (@RepLongoria)
Rep. Armando Walle, (512) 463-0924
https://www.facebook.com/RepWalle/ (@RepWalle)
https://twitter.com/RepWalle (@RepWalle)
Rep. Greg Bonnen, (512) 463-0729
https://www.facebook.com/DrGregBonnen/ (@DrGregBonnen)
https://twitter.com/DrGregBonnen (@DrGregBonnen)
Texas Senate Finance Committee:
Senator Jane Nelson, (512) 463-0112
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJaneNelson/ (@SenatorJaneNelson)
https://twitter.com/SenJaneNelson (SenJaneNelson)
Senator Joan Huffman, (512) 463-0117
https://www.facebook.com/senatorjoanhuffman/ (@senatorjoanhuffman)
https://twitter.com/joanhuffman (@joanhuffman)
Senator Lois Kolkhurst, (512) 463-0118
https://www.facebook.com/LoisKolkhorst/ (@LoisKolkhorst)
https://twitter.com/loiskolkhorst (@loiskolkhorst)
Senator Larry Taylor, (512) 463-0111
https://www.facebook.com/senlarrytaylor/ (@senlarrytaylor)
https://twitter.com/SenLarryTaylor (@SenLarryTaylor)
Senator Robert Nichols, (512) 463-0103
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRobertNichols/ (@SenatorRobertNichols)
https://twitter.com/SenatorNichols (@SenatorNichols)
Thank you to Representative
Gina Hinojosa for her work to support special education! Thank you to the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee for including these budget riders.
