Mar 31, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
The Senate Education Committee met March 31 only to consider pending business. The committee voted out of committee bills on which testimony was heard at its prior hearings on March 18 and March 25: CSSB 89 by Sen. Jose Menendez (9-0 vote), which would provide a...
Mar 25, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
The Senate Education Committee met March 25 and heard testimony on the following bills. Sen. Kel Seliger laid out SB 289, which would allow a school to excuse a student absence one time only if the student can prove the absence was due to obtaining a driver’s license...
Sep 11, 2020 | Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
At the State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting Friday, September 11, 2020, the board took final action on Commissioner of Education Mike Morath’s list of proposed Generation 25 Open-Enrollment Charter Schools. By taking “no action” on any of the eight proposed...
Sep 8, 2020 | Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
Please Contact your SBOE Member! On Friday, September 11, the State Board of Education will vote on eight new charter school applications — representing 18 new campuses across the state — that have been approved by Commissioner of Education Mike Morath. The charter...
Jan 14, 2020 | Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
On January 13, 2020, representatives from numerous education organizations and school districts as well as parents testified at a TEA public hearing on the need for more oversight and transparency in the agency’s proposed rules and framework related to charter school...
Jan 7, 2020 | Capitol Watch, Charter Schools
TASA was among 17 education groups that submitted joint comments to TEA December 20 in response to proposed commissioner’s rules on charter school performance frameworks and expansions. These rules would provide for automatic expansion of charter schools that...
