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In a letter to the school community, Board President Al Lopez announced the departure of CEO JoAnn Gama and COO Irma Muñoz after an in-depth legal and forensic review into the network’s finances.
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It’s unclear why the state took so long to distribute funds approved in late 2020. The money will go toward helping tackle students’ “tremendous learning loss” during the pandemic.
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Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking a waiver that would let him reroute nearly $18 billion in federal COVID aid from public schools to other areas of the budget.
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Under the Texas Education Agency's formula, 44% of enrolled students need to be back in school buildings for at least 13 days during the last six weeks of the school year.
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Austin ISD said students who came to a school building could leave immediately, but encouraged them to stay for regular classes because COVID transmission has been low.
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Typically, there are high stakes around state assessment. A student who fails can be held back. Schools where a majority of students fail could face state intervention. This year, there are no consequences for students or schools based on the test.
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Public schools across Texas are in limbo as they wait for word on how much funding they’ll receive from the state this semester.
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The pandemic has upended school as most kids and teachers know it in Texas. But one part of the school year could proceed as normal: standardized testing, also known as STAAR.
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More than 2,300 of Texas public school students who have returned to school in person since the beginning of this academic year — about 0.21% — have…
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In a statement Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott said local health authorities can shut down schools if there’s evidence of an outbreak after students have already…