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Tag Archive: Greg Abbott

With private-school voucher push, governor heads in the wrong direction for retaining teachers

Publish Date: May 13, 2022

Gov. Abbott with a microphone. A sign in the background outlines his parental rights platform.

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Abbott’s foolish pursuit of inflicting harm on immigrant children would lead to the targeting of kids and danger to our state’s economy

Publish Date: May 6, 2022

A teacher with a pony tail holds up a book to a large circle of young children seated on a rug on the floor.

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Abbott’s foolish pursuit of inflicting harm on immigrant children would lead to the targeting of kids and danger to our state’s economy

Publish Date: May 5, 2022

A teacher with a pony tail holds up a book to a large circle of young children seated on a rug on the floor.

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TEA adds 24 teachers to task force, but concerns persist over its outcomes

Publish Date: March 18, 2022

Dotted line of a figure representing a teacher merges into orange into a circle with text: Teacher Vacancy Task Force

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TEA appoints teacher retention task force with superintendents and administrators outnumbering teachers 26-2

Publish Date: March 10, 2022

Dotted line of a figure representing a teacher merges into orange into a circle with text: Teacher Vacancy Task Force

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Educators, parents, and students renew call to cancel STAAR testing

Publish Date: March 10, 2022

Child with head in hands looking at papers on a desk. Behind the child are standardized tests with bubbles.

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Statement on Gov. Abbott’s teacher retention task force

Publish Date: March 9, 2022

Snapshot of Abbott letter with official governor seal. Letter linked in story

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Educators will not be the governor’s tool to report parents for kids receiving gender-affirming care

Publish Date: February 25, 2022

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Governor panders to false narrative on parental rights, turns his back on addressing the extreme hardships teachers face in Omicron surge

Publish Date: January 21, 2022

Gov. Abbott at table holding microphone with 10 American flags behind him

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Statement on Abbott’s Parents Bill of Rights

Publish Date: January 20, 2022

Man with Greg Abbott at table in front of 10 american flags

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Gov. Abbott releases additional federal funding for education

Publish Date: January 7, 2022

Illustration of three students walking over a money bridge between two cliffs

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Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates governor’s prohibition of mask mandates in schools

Publish Date: December 3, 2021

In a seesaw battle over mask requirements in Texas Schools, a federal appeals court has reinstated Gov. Greg Abbott’s authority to prohibit mask mandates. The November 24 ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal district court judge’s order on November 12, invalidating the governor’s executive order on masks. The appeals court decision does not resolve the lawsuit in question by Disability Rights Texas, which contends that Abbott’s ban on schools enacting mask mandates violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and can not be enforced. That lawsuit will continue, along with several other legal actions by the Texas attorney general and school districts. In practical terms, the decision will have no impact on most school districts, which already have decided on mask requirements while the legal chaos continues.

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