The Special Education Specialist EC-12 and TExES 186 exam, routes into the field, uncertified teacher rules under HB 2, fee waivers and online options.
The TEA Notice of Procedural Safeguards: current edition, Spanish and other languages, when to give it, Texas additions, examples and dispute resolution.
The 2024 Texas Dyslexia Handbook explained: what changed, K-1 screening, evaluation under IDEA, the ARD committee role and required dyslexia instruction.
What an ARD meeting is in Texas: ARD committee members, the LPAC member, five-school-day notices, a sample agenda, recess and reconvene, and 2026 changes.
The TELPAS testing window 2027 runs February 15 to March 26. Every results date, the TEA manuals, accommodations and what districts plan before the window.
The TELPAS proficiency level descriptors (PLDs) by domain: which PLD document applies in 2026-2027, the four TELPAS levels and the five new ELPS levels.
Texas bilingual and ESL certification: which certificates qualify, the TExES 154, 164, 190 and new 165 exams, adding a certificate by exam, permits, and the district bilingual exception and ESL waiver due November 1.
The LPAC committee in Texas: the three required members, the four statutory deadlines, what it decides at each review, and how monitoring works after reclassification.
