Topic: Charter Schools

SBOE Recap: Charters Schools, TEA Complaints, & Social Studies TEKS

Publish Date: April 18, 2025

Eagle-eyed Hotline readers will wonder why we are jumping straight to a recap of the State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting without ever previewing the agenda. This is because without notice, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) ended a decades-long practice of hosting an in-person meeting with stakeholders to preview the agenda and ask questions about the items the board is...

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We May Have Setbacks in Texas, But We Can Fight Charter Schools Federally

Publish Date: August 23, 2024

As 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...

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