Feb 24, 2021 | 87th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance
The federal government is providing billions in COVID-19 relief funding to public schools across the country. Texas initially received $1.3 billion in federal stimulus funding intended for schools in spring 2020. However, Texas schools did not see any additional money...
Feb 11, 2021 | Executive Director's Blog
I have been inspired this past year to hear stories on a daily basis about the work educators are doing to reach out to encourage students (and their parents) to enroll in school. Teachers, counselors, and principals have all made home visits, in the midst of a...
Dec 15, 2020 | Capitol Watch, School Finance
TASA, along with 22 other organizations, sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on December 15, 2020, that urged him to extend the provision in TEA guidance that provides assurances of 100 percent ADA funding for the remaining 18 weeks of the 2020-21 school year for both...
Oct 28, 2020 | TXTOY Perspective
by Michelle Sandoval Villegas, 2020 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year Today is September 8, 2020, and I am sitting at my home desk with my fingers on the keyboard trying to find the right words to describe how I am feeling, how my students are feeling, their...
Oct 26, 2020 | Executive Director's Blog
As the reality of the pandemic continues to take a toll on our daily lives, we are faced with many new challenges. Superintendents and school leaders have “decision fatigue” as they are constantly rethinking every process in their schools. Things that were at one time...
