Texas Cuts Special Education Funding

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Texas is slashing $607 million in Medicaid funding from program for students with disabilities

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Texas is clawing back more than $607 million per year in federal funding for special education services.

The School Health and Related Services (SHARS) program provides hundreds of school districts critical funding.

School district officials say the move will likely worsen already strained budgets for students with disabilities.

Shiner school district is a member of a special education cooperative in rural Texas .

The group received about $1 million in funding in previous years , a number that has since been cut in half .

Districts say they are feeling the effects of changes to the SHARS program.

Lubbock school district will experience a cut of almost $8 million .

The state health agency says it is working with state education officials to ensure school districts are up to date on SHARS.

But with drastic changes having already gone into effect, many school district officials are reconsidering whether participating in the program is worth it.

Some rural school districts that didn’t receive significant funding from SHARS are dropping out.

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