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Oct 18, 2024 · Voters will decide the outcomes of five competitive Texas State Board of Education races this November, with some challengers hoping to shake up the curriculum-setting body they say has...
The State Board of Education (SBOE) sets policies and standards for Texas public schools. The primary responsibilities of the SBOE include: Setting curriculum standards. Reviewing and adopting instructional materials. Establishing graduation requirements. Overseeing the Texas Permanent School Fund.
Nov 9, 2022 · Texas Republicans against “critical race theory” win seats on the State Board of Education, strengthening its GOP majority. The board is responsible for dictating what Texas’ 5.5 million...
Dec 11, 2023 · Texas is holding an election for eight of 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The primary was March 5, 2024, and a primary runoff was May 28, 2024. The filing deadline was December 11, 2023.
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The teacher shortage in Texas is top of mind for state lawmakers and public education advocates. A pollreleased last year by the Charles Butt Foundation found 77% of Texas teachers seriously considered leaving the field. That figure was 58% just a few years ago in 2020. Teachers are not just thinking about leaving the classroom; they’re actually do...
Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa has witnessed the impact of teacher vacancies firsthand. She said there was not a teacher for her son's fifth grade class at an Austin ISD school, so instead the students were divided up between two other classes that did have teachers. Hinojosa, who used to be president of the Austin ISD school board, said famil...
Abbott and fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have expressed support for legislation that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to send their kids to private school. Both have argued that giving families options will not hurt public schools. “We can support school choice and, at the same time, create the best public education system in Am...
When lawmakers reconvene at the Texas Capitol, it will mark the first legislative session since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Abbott resisted calls for a special session in the aftermath of the mass shooting to raise the age for purchasing an assault-style rifle in Texas. Robison, with the Texas State Te...
State lawmakers have already filed a couple of bills that would restrict which materials students can access in school libraries. One measure, filed by Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson, would require publishers to include specific age ratings for books sold to public schools. Oliverson toldABC-affiliate KTRK that he got the idea for the bill fro...
The Texas State Board of Education is an elected executive agency of the Texas state government, responsible for managing the state's public K-12 education. Current officeholders. The board is composed of 15 members elected to four-year terms to represent one of the state's 15 education districts.
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Oct 27, 2022 · All 15 seats of the State Board of Education are up for grabs in November, and one race in District 7 highlights how critical race theory has become a key issue.
