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Jan 10, 2023 · Public education advocates hope lawmakers will spend more on schools, raise teacher salaries and prioritize mental health resources. The last time the Texas Legislature made a major financial investment in the public school system was before the pandemic in 2019.
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Mike Morath took office as Commissioner of Education in January 2016 and was unanimously confirmed by the Texas Senate (85th Legislature) in March 2017. As Commissioner, he heads the Texas Education Agency, which oversees pre-kindergarten through high school education for more than 5.5 million students enrolled in ...
Jan 21, 2020 · This year, Texas finishes 42nd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an overall score of 71.1 out of 100 points and a grade of C-minus. The nation as a whole posts a grade of C....
Oct 30, 2022 · But research into the “miracle” found that it was illusory, including a 2000 Rand report, which found that big test score gains by Black and Hispanic students were the result of intensive ...
The Legislature should commission an independent study to determine the true costs of providing a high-quality education. Once a cost-based basic allotment is established, it should be adjusted for inflation annually. The Legislature should monitor how labor intensive it is for school districts and the Texas Education Agency to collect and
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Over the course of the last 10 years, the Texas Legislature has at times made investments in public education and, during struggling economic times, reduced education funding. The decade began with a recession that prompted legislators to make punishing cuts in public education funding.
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On an average day in 2019, the Texas Workforce Commission received about 13,000 calls from Texans applying for unemployment benefits. Toward the end of the year the state unemployment rate...
