Texas' new $1 billion school voucher program triggered a surge in special education evaluations as thousands of families sought to show their children had disabilities that qualify for up to $20,000 in additional state funding for private school. The influx sent special education departments scrambling and exposed an unintended consequence of the new program: Public schools had to process hundreds more evaluation requests from private school families than in past years, school leaders said.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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