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A former member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, he was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 14, 2015. The commissioner's role is to lead and manage the Texas Education Agency. The commissioner also co-ordinates efforts between state and federal agencies.
Education in Texas. Texas has over 1,000 public school districts—all but one of the school districts in Texas are independent, separate from any form of municipal or county government. School districts may (and often do) cross city and county boundaries. Independent school districts have the power to tax their residents and to assert eminent ...
The school districts in the San Antonio area, and generally in Texas, had a long history of financial inequity. Rodriguez presented evidence that school districts in the wealthy, primarily white, areas of town, most notably the north-side Alamo Heights Independent School District, were able to contribute a much higher amount per child than ...
May 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM. The State Board of Education is on track to approve a new set of classroom materials, including state-developed resources, that Texas Education Agency officials hope will ...
Here are 3 races to watch. Gannett. Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman. February 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM. Three Republican members of the State Board of Education are facing well-funded primary ...
HB 1, the state budget, includes a requirement that the Texas Education Agency study post-secondary outcomes of students and how they correlate to student programming in high school, allowing the ...
An independent school district ( ISD) is a type of school district in some US states for primary and secondary education that operates as an entity independent and separate from any municipality or county, and only under the oversight of the respective state government. As such, the administrative leadership of such districts is selected from ...
The Texas State Board of Education has set new book standards that school districts must follow, banning sexually explicit content and limiting sexually relevant materials in school libraries, as ...