by Jennifer Childress | May 6, 2021 | Education News, Uncategorized
The Texas Education has announced that districts and open-enrollment charter schools (school systems) in Texas may apply to receive their allocation of the $11.2 billion appropriated to the State of Texas for public education purposes under the American Rescue Plan...
by Jennifer Childress | Mar 10, 2021 | Education News
From the Office of the Texas Governor website…. March 4, 2021 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that the State of Texas will provide a “hold harmless” to Texas school systems for...
by Jennifer Childress | Nov 19, 2018 | Legal Developments
The Fifth Circuit has ruled that the Texas Education Agency violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) when it reduced state special education funding in 2012. On January 17, 2017, the United States Department of Education (“Department”) issued a...