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Special Education Required Postings
- Parent's Guide to the ARD Process (Multiple Languages Available)
- Student Handbook Statement (English)
- Manual para Estudiantes (español)
- Special Education Resources
- Compensatory Services
- Servicios Compensatorios
- Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services
- Evaluaciones Retrasadas o Denegadas & Servicios Compensatorios
- Notice of Procedural Safeguards
- Aviso Sobre Procedimientos de Protección
- Significant Disproportionality Requirements
- State Dyslexia Handbook (English)
- Manual Sobre Dislexia (español)
- Texas Transition and Employment Guide (English)
- La guía de transición y empleo de Texas para una vida exitosa después del bachillerato para alumnos con discapacidades
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Procedural Safeguards
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), you and your child have legal protections during the evaluation and individualized education program (IEP) process. These protections are called Procedural Safeguards. SPEDTex makes this resource available in over 30 different languages. Click the link below to download this resource.
Parent's Guide to the ARD Process
This guide is designed to give you, as a parent of a child who is or may be eligible for special education services, a better understanding of the special education process and of your procedural rights and responsibilities so that you will be able to fully participate in the decision making process regarding your child's education. SPEDTex makes this resource available in over 30 different languages. Click the link below to download this resource.
Texas Transition and Employment Guide
This resource is currently being updated to align with revision to new rule and statute adopted in the 24-25 school year. Please review the most recent rule changes at the TEA Proposed Commissioner of Education Rules or the TEA Back to School Updates for Special Educators, Administrators, and Other Professionals for more information.
Information on statewide services and programs that assist in the transition to life outside of the public school system. This guide includes transition services; employment and supported employment services; social security programs; community and long-term services and support; postsecondary educational programs and services; information sharing with health and human services agencies and providers; guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, including a supported decision-making agreement under Chapter 1357, Estates Code; self-advocacy, person-directed planning, and self-determination; and contact information for all relevant state agencies.