Action Needed: SBOE to Review TEA’s Bible-Infused New Curriculum

On Aug. 19, following a three-week civil trial, the parents of the accused shooter in the 2018 school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, were found not financially liable for the deaths of 10 people, including eight students and two teachers. The lawsuit alleged the parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, failed to provide necessary...
Read MoreAs the State Board of Education continues to approve new charter schools and the Texas Legislature abdicates its responsibility to fully fund a free public education, national Democrats are taking action to hold charter schools accountable. Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member on the Education Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, introduced the Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency...
Read MoreLegislative “Interim Charges”: What Are They and Why Do They Matter? The Texas Legislature meets once every two years for 140 days for its regular legislative session, during which the only bill it is required to pass and send to the governor’s desk to be signed into law is the budget for the next biennium. We became all too familiar...
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