Fight Club Revisited

After the world watched the Fight Club scenarios played out at the Corpus Christi state school, I found this article on the Statesman:

Texas, feds reach tentative agreement on state schools

By Corrie MacLaggan | Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 06:15 PM

Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a tentative agreement on the state’s troubled institutions for people with mental disabilities, according to a state representative.

The agreement requires legislative approval, said the representative, Abel Herrero, D-Robstown.

“It’s a proposal that the state feels addresses the issues raised in the DOJ report,” Herrero said, referring to a December report by the federal agency that said the institutions fail to protect residents from harm.

It did not state what the agreement is, however.

Update:
State school settlement approved
By Mike Ward | Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 09:21 PM

The Texas Senate just a few minutes ago approved a resolution ratifying a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over abuse allegations at state schools.

The vote on Senate Concurrent Resolution was 31-0.

Calling the confirmed cases of past abuse “unexcusable,” state Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, said the settlement and accompanying reforms will ensure that conditions at state schools for the developmentally disabled will never revert.

The Senate earlier in the day approved $48.1 million for reforms to curb any future abuses of state school residents.