OCR Opens Investigation Into Houston Independent School District's Special Education Overhaul

Another Decade, Another Instance of Massive Special Education Issues in Texas

May 8, 2026: U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened a disability discrimination investigation into Houston Independent School District (HISD).

The announcement came about a week after leaked drafts for HISD’s “Special Education Success Programs” were made public by local news outlets, and just days after HISD announced the p…