TEA Releases 2022 A–F Accountability Ratings
The Texas Education Agency released 2022 A–F accountability ratings for districts and campuses, the first to be issued since 2019 due to two years of COVID-related pauses. 1,195 districts and [...]
Updated TEA Guidance
Special Education Required Postings to LEA Websites - provides notice to local education agencies (LEAs) of required postings described in U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) [...]
House Public Education – August 9, 2022
House Public Education met on August 9 to hear invited and public testimony over the following interim charges and the committee first heard comments from the TEA Commissioner Mike Morath: [...]
Update on Hearings Covering the Robb Elementary Shooting
See below for a compiled list of the hearings held so far on the Robb Elementary shooting, as well as a list of upcoming hearings. Witnesses before the House Investigative [...]
Required School Safety Training for School District Trustees Now Available on TEA Learn
HB 690 87(R) added Texas Education Code, §11.159(b-1), requiring the State Board of Education to coordinate with the Texas School Safety Center to develop training on school safety for school [...]
House Public Education – July 25, 2022
The House Committee on Public Education met on July 25, 2022, to hear invited and public testimony over several topics, including the implementation of several bills passed during the 86th [...]
Texas Leadership Response to Robb Elementary Shooting
Legislative Committee Hearings Continue House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting Joint House Homeland Security & Public Safety and House Select Youth Health & Safety Senate Special Committee to [...]
Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation
In the wake of the tragedy at Robb Elementary School, the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation was established to help collect funding for the construction of a new elementary campus [...]
Texas Commission on Virtual Education – June 29, 2022
The Texas Commission on Virtual Education met on June 29th to discuss regular agenda items. An archive video of the hearing can be found here. This report is intended to [...]
Senate Finance – June 28, 2022
The Senate Finance Committee met on June 28 to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge: Examine the state mental health service delivery system, study the state’s [...]