Advocacy Blog

SBOE questions Morath on agency accountability and more, plus the comptroller seeks to double state spending on private school vouchers.

The commissioner’s regular SBOE appearance covered a wide range of hot-button topics, including Bluebonnet Learning supply issues and state takeovers.

Verify your voter registration and begin your candidate research on ATPE’s TeachtheVote.org.

The first steps: Verify your voter registration and begin your candidate research on ATPE’s TeachtheVote.org.

Public education continues to dominate conversations on the campaign trail, with candidates turning their attention to library books and “administrative bloat.” Plus: House Pensions Committee holds interim hearing on TRS.

Patrick: “We’re coming for the books.” 

An audit finds “administrative bloat” at TEA—but the governor turns his attention to his perception of the same issue in school districts. 

Abbott and Hinojosa both spent much of their airtime this week on public education issues, including a call from the governor to audit school districts.

ATPE recommends the state pay a modest lump sum to decrease the pension system’s funding period rather than increase teacher contribution rates or move the state rate closer to the constitutional cap.