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CSISD special education leaders report rising evaluations, staffing shifts and potential new state funding
Summary
Miss Grande presented detailed special education data to the College Station ISD board, citing 675 initial evaluations so far in 2025-26, increased evaluations after dyslexia was added to special education, significant contracted services spending and plans to reallocate positions to save roughly $300,000.
Miss Grande, the district27s special education presenter, told the College Station ISD Board of Trustees that initial special education evaluations have risen sharply and that the district has requested 675 initial full individual evaluations so far in 2025-26. "We're 99.81% compliant," she said of the district27s timely initial evaluation rate, while noting the state requires 100% compliance.
Grande walked trustees through multi‑year evaluation totals (for example, 374 FIEs in 2019-20 and higher counts after pandemic disruptions), and said the addition of dyslexia to the special education category in 2024-25 accounted for a substantial portion of the…
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