Advocacy Blog

SBEC discusses the future of National Board Certification as a Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) designation. Plus, confirm your voter registration is up to date within the next 10 days.

Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.

In December, the board will vote on whether to remove National Board Certification as a potential pathway to Teacher Incentive Allotment designation—the only pathway available to many teachers. 

See what’s in store for the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival Sept. 24–26. Plus: Make sure you’re registered to vote by Oct. 5.

The ATPE team has its eye on several sessions on hot public education topics. Plus, visit with us Sept. 26 in The Commons.

Appointed a decade ago, the education commissioner insists that when he has direct oversight, academic gains follow. His critics await better student outcomes.

ATPE remembers 9/11. Plus: Catch up on preliminary budget hearings covering vouchers and TRS, as well as SBOE’s approval of controversial social studies standards.

The joint budget committee also received the Teacher Retirement System appropriations request. The TRS funding period is currently 35 years, an increase driven by HB 2 pay raises.

Information regarding a TRS-related ballot measure in November 2026 is outdated and incorrect. The posts reference Proposition 9 from the November 2023 election.

The new standards, which have generated debate over the treatment of certain historical and religious topics, will take effect during the 2033-24 school year.