TEA Special Education Guidance

TEA Special Education Resources

Special Education Technical Assistance Guides

The following Technical Assistance Guides will open a new window and take you to the Texas SPED Support website.

Technical Assistance: Child Find and Evaluation
(Updated January 2024)

Technical Assistance: Individualized Education Program (IEP) Development
(Updated December 2023)

Guidance for the Comprehensive Evaluation of Specific Learning Disabilities
(Updated November 2023)

Technical Assistance: Behavior Supports and Guidance for Students with Disabilities
(Updated October 2022)

Asistencia técnica: Apoyos y orientación en materia de comportamiento para estudiantes con discapacidades (PDF) - Spanish version of Technical Assistance: Behavior Supports and Guidance for Students with Disabilities (Updated October 2022)

Additional Guidance Documents

• ESSER III Funds
• Sensory Impairments and Specific Learning Disabilities (December 2022)
• Technical Assistance: Dashboard Application Guidance (PDF)
• Delayed Evaluations and Compensatory Services (October 2021)
• Special Education Operating Procedures (March 2022)
• Special Education Operating Procedures (March 2022) FAQs

Question and Answer Documents

• HB 785 FAQ (Updated 11/20/21)
• HB 165 FAQ January 2020 (PDF)
• Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Questions and Answers (PDF)
• TEA Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Questions and Answers (PowerPoint)
• Senate Bill 712 Summary and Frequently asked Questions (PDF)
• Senate Bill 89 Frequently Asked Questions September 2021 (PDF)
• Intervention Strategy and Student Records FAQ- English (updated November 2024) 
• Intervention Strategy and Student Records FAQ- Spanish (updated November 2024) Spanish

TEA Video Trainings

• Special Education TEA Guidance: Goals, Accommodations, and Modifications October 2020
  (Link to training video)
• Special Education ARD Guidance and Contingency Plans During Remote Learning July 2020
  (Link to training video) | (Link to PDF slide deck)
• Special Education Progress Monitoring During Remote Learning July 2020
  (Link to training video) | (Link to PDF slide deck)
• Supporting Dual-Identified Students (PDF)
• Students Served by Special Education and Identified as Gifted and Talented (Asynchronous Course)
• Students Served by Special Education Who are Military-Connected: Strategies to Support Highly Mobile Students (Asynchronous Course)
• Students Served by Special Education Who are Experiencing Homelessness or in Foster Care: Strategies to Support Highly Mobile Students (Asynchronous Course)