HISD parents ask board to pause overhaul that would move thousands of special education students

A group of Houston ISD families is asking the state-appointed board of managers to pause the district’s overhaul of special education, citing concerns about transparency and the board’s own policy.

The changes, called the Special Education Success Program, would move around 5,000 students who spend at least half of their time in self-contained classrooms to new campuses next school year.

The plan has left parents scrambling and triggered a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Education…

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