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Midway ISD: special-education funding changes and voucher referrals create immediate workload pressure
Summary
Special education leaders told the board that TEA changes (moving to eight tiers in 2026–27) and a surge of roughly 70 voucher/private-school evaluation requests are straining evaluation capacity; the district remains at 100% compliance but warned of timeline pressure and staffing needs.
Lisa Cochran, lead for special populations, told the board Midway’s special education program has been growing and is leveling off; the department completed about 300 initial evaluations last year and reported 100% compliance on state performance plan indicators.
Cochran said Texas Education Agency changes will create an eight-tier funding structure and four to five service groups beginning in the 2026–27 transition year; TEA will collect 2026–27 data for possible adjustment payments, but the tiers, service-group definitions and dollar add-on amounts were not yet defined. Cochran emphasized…
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