Texas News What Texas Lawmakers Did for Special Education and What They Missed KWBU | By Texas Standard Published June 20, 2017 at 8:45 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:59 Pexels 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. "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."