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× The TEA-SPEDx Original Contract
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× The TEA-SPEDx Contract Amendment
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× School District-SPEDx Data Sharing License & Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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× Lousiana Dept of Education-SPEDx Data Sharing Agreement
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× Letter of Reprimand Addressed to Former TEA Special Education Director, Dr. Laurie Kash
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× List of School Districts & Charters Who Shared Student Data with SPEDx
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× Projected Grant Monies to be Paid by TEA to Participating School Districts & Charters
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× TEA Internal Audit Regarding Dr. Laurie Kash's SPEDx Contract Complaint
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× TEA Cancels SPEDx Contract Press Release
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State audit finds serious flaws in Texas Education Agency contracting process
State audit finds serious flaws in Texas Education Agency contracting process

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

The audit says the Texas Education Agency consistently bypassed required steps and failed to consider other options before awarding a special education contract.

State auditors said the Texas Education Agency seriously mismanaged the processes…

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TEA failed to catch conflict of interest in $4.4M no-bid contract award, Texas auditor's office finds
TEA failed to catch conflict of interest in $4.4M no-bid contract award, Texas auditor's office finds

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

AUSTIN -- The Texas Education Agency lacked safeguards to identify a potential conflict of interest between a top official and an acquaintance who became a subcontractor on a multimillion-dollar, no-bid contract to collect data about special education students, an audit has found.

The official had a prior professional relationship…

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After Special Education Contract Fiasco, Texas Official Considered for Massachusetts Job
After Special Education Contract Fiasco, Texas Official Considered for Massachusetts Job

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

At 5 p.m. on a Friday, the Texas Education Agency abruptly announced that it had pulled the plug on a special education data-mining project it had defended...

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Questions Continue Over Canceled Special Education Contract
Questions Continue Over Canceled Special Education Contract

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

The state education department spent three weeks vehemently defending its decision to pay $4 million to a relatively...

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As Texas Special Education Overhaul Stalls, TEA Answers Don’t Add Up
As Texas Special Education Overhaul Stalls, TEA Answers Don’t Add Up

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

At 5 p.m. on a Friday, the Texas Education Agency abruptly announced that it had pulled the plug on a special education data-mining project it had defended...

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Texas Education Agency Faces Mounting Questions Over Canceled Special Education Contract
Texas Education Agency Faces Mounting Questions Over Canceled Special Education Contract

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Texas Education Agency officials are keeping quiet about why exactly a controversial no-bid data mining contract took a nosedive last week, losing the state $2.2 million in...

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Texas Cancels No-Bid Contract for Special Education Analysis
Texas Cancels No-Bid Contract for Special Education Analysis

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

The Texas Education Agency has canceled its contract with a technology company charged with analyzing special....

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Eanes School District Pulls Out of Special Education Analysis Project
Eanes School District Pulls Out of Special Education Analysis Project

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

As special education advocates continue to spar with state leaders over a $4.4 million, no-bid contract to data mine student records, one school district has decided to walk....

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Texts Raise Questions About Texas Special Education Director’s Firing
Texts Raise Questions About Texas Special Education Director’s Firing

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

Newly released text messages are raising questions about why the Texas Education Agency fired its special education director after less than four...

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Advocates Call on State to Suspend Special Education Project Amid Privacy Concerns
Advocates Call on State to Suspend Special Education Project Amid Privacy Concerns

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Two statewide education groups are demanding the Texas Education Agency suspend its...

 

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Groups Call for Pause on Student Special Education Data Project
Groups Call for Pause on Student Special Education Data Project

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

Two statewide groups are calling on the Texas Education Agency to temporarily suspend a $4.4 million, no-bid contract with a company hired to do data...

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TEA Audit Dismisses Concerns Over Award of Special Education Contract
TEA Audit Dismisses Concerns Over Award of Special Education Contract

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Texas Education Agency auditors dismissed concerns lodged by the agency's former special education director who...

 

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Firing Leaves Texas Without a Special Education Director at a Critical Time
Firing Leaves Texas Without a Special Education Director at a Critical Time

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

After just over three months on the job, the state's special education director was fired last week after she filed...

 

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Texas Education Agency Back in the Headlines Over Special Education Firing
Texas Education Agency Back in the Headlines Over Special Education Firing

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

For the second time in as many years, the Texas Education Agency is under fire over how it manages special education in the state...

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Texas Special Education Chief Fired After Questioning No-Bid Contract
Texas Special Education Chief Fired After Questioning No-Bid Contract

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN

The state’s new director of special education was fired Wednesday, one day after she filed a federal complaint claiming....

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Recommendations for Parents

  • 1. At this time, it is our recommendation to parents and local stakeholders that they contact their school district to find out whether it has shared IEPs with “SPEDx,” and if not, to discourage it from doing so until we have more information about privacy protections, and the purpose, methodologies, and application of the data collection of the IEP Analysis Project.



  • 2. We also do not recommend parent participation in “empathy interviews.”



  • 3. If your district has shared your IEPs by participating in this project, we recommend that you contact your elected Board of Trustees to find out what, if any, policies are in place to protect parent rights when student records are shared with private entities.



  • 4. Ask your district for their criteria in determining who constitutes a school official or other third party with a legitimate educational interest to whom the school/district intends to disclose personally identifiable information without parental consent.



  • 5. We encourage parents to lobby their districts to - at a minimum - only use educational technology companies (especially IEP and 504 software programs) that have signed the Student Privacy Pledge. More information about this can be found HERE.

 
 
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