July 2: SBOE and TEA Provide More 20-21 Info; Lawmakers Push for CARES Act Money to Go to Schools; Supreme Court Recap
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Texas State Board of Education unanimously adopts curriculum standards for African American studies course
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Texas AFT testifies before State Board of Education on changes needed in charter-school applications and regulation
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State Board of Education approves African American Studies coursework, hears applications for latest charters
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Testimony to the SBOE supporting African American studies
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SBOE Uses Veto to Stop Controversial Royal “Public” Schools Charter Applicant The founder of controversial Harmony Public Schools, which is one of the largest charter school chains in Texas, recently applied to open several new charter schools in Austin and the Alief area of Houston by August 2020 under the name of Royal Public Schools. The Commissioner of Education approved...
Read MoreFighting for greater transparency in how charter schools are considered and approved
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New SBOE rule seeks greater openness to review new charter campus applications
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SBOE approves ‘streamlined’ curriculum standards
Today, the SBOE unanimously approved “streamlined” Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). These are the standards teachers must use for lesson planning and test preparation, and could eventually result in instructional materials changes. This streamlining effort was initiated to address the common compliant that there are too many TEKS standards and not enough time for teachers to provide the necessary...
Read MoreSchool Finance Commission hears state of education funding, expenditure recommendations
The Texas Commission on Public School Finance's Revenues Working Group met Tuesday to hear the current state of public education funding in Texas and review recommendations from the Commission's Expenditures Working Group--a group of commission members tasked with recommendations for changes on how public education money is spent. On the funding front, Education Commissioner Mike Morath outlined that education spending...
Read MoreState board keeps CTE certification standards in place
Last month, the Texas State Board Of Education Subcommittee on School Initiatives unanimously rejected a rule approved by the State Board for Educator Certification that would have significantly reduced the number of pre-service training hours from 180 to 110 for those seeking to teach Career and Technical Education in the areas of Trade and Industrial Workforce, Marketing, or Health Sciences....
Read MoreSchool funding highlighted in finance commission meetings, controversy over transfers to permanent school fund
The Texas School Finance Commission met Tuesday to continue its work developing recommendations for public education funding. Although a final report is due from the commission, discussion Tuesday noted that there will be several more meetings of the body and its working groups through November and December. So, it's likely that we won't see final recommendations in all areas until just...
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