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Public schools bombarded by families scrambling for special education assessments tied to Texas voucher money

  • 1.  Public schools bombarded by families scrambling for special education assessments tied to Texas voucher money

    Posted 03-13-2026 11:41 AM

    Houston-area public school districts have recently become inundated with requests for Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs. Gwen Coffey, an assistant superintendent of special education for a large suburban district in the Houston area, said her office saw requests for IEPs from private school families roughly triple this year. They've even had to make the move this year to refuse evaluations for some families that did not meet the requirements for special education assessments, something they generally don't do.

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    Michael Spurlin
    ATPE
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  • 2.  RE: Public schools bombarded by families scrambling for special education assessments tied to Texas voucher money

    Posted 03-23-2026 01:09 PM
    Here’s my question, and someone please correct me if I’m wrong. Private schools don’t have to take SPED or behavioral students if they do not want to correct? Also, they have the right to “kick” a student out of that student causes too much of a disruption. At least that was my assumption/what I was told at one point. Is this still the case, and if so, where does that leave public schools after the mass exodus which equals less educators and then the mass return?

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    Jessica McHale-Rutherford
    Region 4 President 2025-26
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