Special Education

Earlier this year, 800 students were waiting to be evaluated. The district's new administration gave AISD a July 1 deadline to clear the backlog.

Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action.

The district is laying off staff to reorganize the department. That includes employees responsible for handling a backlog of special education evaluations.

“We’re just going to wipe a clean slate and start over,” AISD's chief academic officer said Friday.

Some AISD families have been waiting for more than a year to get their children evaluated. Disability Rights Texas called the delays a "direct violation of the timelines established by federal and state law."

Evaluators with the special education department have been quitting over what they call a hostile work environment. That reputation is making it hard for the district to recruit new staff.

AISD parent Sarah McKenna, a single mother, had to decide what was best for her children: sending them to school or having them learn remotely.

Ian isn't failing his classes because he's blowing them off; it's because his brain can't handle remote learning very well.

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