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HOUSTON (AP) -- More than a dozen teachers and administrators from across Texas say they delayed or denied special education to disabled students in order to stay below the benchmark state officials set for the number of students who should get such services.
A Houston Chronicle investigation found the Texas Education Agency's enrollment benchmark for special education services of 8.5 percent has led to the systematic denial of services by school districts. In the years since Texas' 2004 implementation of the benchmark, the rate of students getting special education dropped from near the national average of 13 percent to the lowest in the country. It fell to 8.5 percent in 2015.
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Police Chief David Brown says he's retiring because, "it's time to go," but he's not saying what he'll do next.
DALLAS (AP) -- A Houston driller is boasting of a big new oil and gas discovery in West Texas.
Apache Corp. believes there could be 3 billion barrels of oil and 75 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in an area it calls Alpine High.
The company announced its discovery Wednesday after two years of drilling in the largely undeveloped region.
Apache shares are up 8 percent in midday trading.
Apache said it's accumulated more than 300,000 acres and drilled 19 wells in Alpine High, a small part of the sweeping and energy-rich Permian Basin of Texas.
CEO John Christmann says others have mistakenly overlooked the area.