Texas News What Texas Lawmakers Did for Special Education and What They Missed By Texas Standard Published June 20, 2017 at 8:45 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Since 2004, Texas has discouraged schools from enrolling more than 8.5 percent of all students in special education. Now lawmakers have banned that practice.Pexels "It's been probably a generation since we've had so much attention to the needs of students with disabilities in our Texas public schools."