For the first time in nine months, the Texas Education Agency has a special education director, as it continues a massive overhaul of the way it oversees the education for thousands of students with disabilities.
Last Friday, Justin Porter, previously the TEA’s executive director of special populations, was officially hired as statewide director of special education — allowing him to continue his outsize role in directing how the agency will ensure school districts are serving kids with special needs. A federal investigation this winter concluded Texas was illegally denying students with disabilities access to the tools and services they need to learn.
With the effective cap on special…
