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HEB ISD special-education staff warn TEFA and HB2 will increase evaluation workload and costs
Summary
District special-education leaders told trustees that House Bill 2’s tiered funding and the new Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program will increase evaluation volume and staff workload; officials reported 35 private-school TEFA requests so far and said the $1,000 initial-evaluation payment will not cover the added costs.
Renee Reek, presenting the district’s special-education update, told the Hurst‑Euless‑Bedford ISD board that House Bill 2 will restructure special-education funding into a tiered system based on level of supports and that districts should have a new funding structure in place by Sept. 1.
Doctor Benitez, the district’s director of special education, said families may apply for Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) beginning Feb. 4 under Senate Bill 2 and that eligible students with disabilities could receive up to $30,000 in Education Freedom Accounts. Benitez said the district must complete initial evaluations, the public-school IEP and an EFA IEP and upload those documents into the TEA platform so the state can…
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