Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Federal law requires each state to provide students with a free education tailored to their individual needs. Why is Texas short on dyslexic students?
In celebration of Dyslexia Awareness Month, ABC13 gathers experts and legislators at City Hall Thursday (7-8 p.m. CST), highlighting the fight for equality and the inequalities that people with dyslexia face every day.
The video above is from a previously published report: St. Thomas University offers a one-of-a-kind program for students with learning differences
Justin Sternberg, Director of Special Projects at ABC13 and himself a dyslexic thinker, asks important questions about the barriers to success for people with dyslexia. He and his committee also address some of the common myths surrounding learning disorder.
A 2018 report from the Texas Education Agency showed that it spent $41.6 million less on students with disabilities during the 2016-2017 school year, putting the state in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
After a $33.3 million fine by the US Department of Education, TEA pledged to fix the deficiencies, including increasing private education funding by nearly $1 billion over four years.
But, TEA was again disqualified from compliance after regulators found it had completed only one part of the corrective actions.
Texas law requires all public school students to be screened and tested for dyslexia by the time they reach first grade.
You can watch Town Hall on Thursdays wherever you broadcast Eyewitness News on TV, such as Roku and Fire TV. Just search for “ABC13 Houston”.
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