Topic: Legislature
Texas Commission on Special Education Receives Public Testimony
Read MoreJune 24, 2022: State Senate hearings on school safety; SCOTUS makes ruling favorable to vouchers; Some unsavory details about the charters rejected by the SBOE
Read MoreTexas Senate hears testimony on school safety and mental health in the wake of Uvalde
Read MoreSupreme Court ruling likely to fuel private-school voucher backers wanting taxpayer money to fund religious schools
Read MoreTexas AFT Protest targets Sen. Cruz for being an obstacle to popular gun-safety measures and a proponent of arming more teachers
Read MoreSenate and House Education Committees recap
Read MoreTEA restarts faulty school ratings while poll shows vast majority of Texans want process to opt-out of STAAR
The already-flawed A-F school accountability rating system—based heavily on STAAR scores—will re-launch this year after the Texas Education Agency halted it at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. However, only schools meeting the requirements to achieve an A-C will receive a rating, while D and F campuses will be labeled “Not Rated.” That change will allow campuses that were...
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