The war on wokeness in schools: Three GOP states pass laws banning critical race theory and nearly a DOZEN other states work on legislation to stop white kids being taught they re oppressors
Three Republican-led states - Oklahoma, Idaho and Tennessee - have now signed laws banning critical race theory in public schools
Oklahoma is the latest after Gov Kevin Stitt argued it will allow history to be taught without labeling a young child as an oppressor
A handful of other states are currently debating, or in the process of approving, similar bills
Lawmakers in some states have been introducing bills that, in varying degrees, aim to ban schools from teaching concepts of race and racism in classrooms
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Texas colleges and universities will get an additional $2 billion in the latest round of federal coronavirus stimulus funding half of which must be used for financial grants to students struggling due to the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
The federal government also announced that undocumented and international students can now receive those emergency funds, too, rolling back a Trump administration rule that allowed schools to distribute grants only to students who qualified for federal financial aid, which excluded non-U.S. citizens.
“We applaud the Department of Education’s decision to include undocumented students in federal higher education funding,” said Jonathan Feinstein, Texas state director for The Education Trust. “We hope that Texas colleges and universities will take full advantage of the policy to get this critical support to all students and maintain our long-standing commitment to the academi
Texas colleges and universities get $2 billion in federal stimulus money
Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
May 11, 2021
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Texas colleges and universities will get an additional $2 billion in the latest round of federal coronavirus stimulus funding half of which must be used for financial grants to students struggling due to the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
The federal government also announced undocumented and international students can now receive those emergency funds too, rolling back a Trump administration rule that only allowed schools to distribute grants to students who qualified for federal financial aid, which excluded non-U.S. citizens.
Texas colleges and universities get $2 billion in federal stimulus money. Half must go directly to struggling students.
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Texas colleges and universities will get an additional $2 billion in the latest round of federal coronavirus stimulus funding half of which must be used for financial grants to students struggling due to the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
The federal government also announced undocumented and international students can now receive those emergency funds too, rolling back a Trump administration rule that only allowed schools to distribute grants to students who qualified for federal financial aid, which excluded non-U.S. citizens.
Seven Killeen Independent School District employees urged the school board Tuesday to consider a pay raise for hourly employees, some detailing second and third jobs they have had to take on to make ends meet.
During the public forum portion of the meeting, Killeen Educators Association members, and KISD employees, shared their proposal for the districtâs thousands of employees: a 4% raise for teachers, nurses, counselors, and librarians; and a raise of $3 per hour for support personnel, hourly employees such as aides, secretaries, custodians, bus monitors, bus drivers and cafeteria workers.
Jason Wylie, of the Texas State Teachers Association, pointed out that the district has an employee turnover rate higher than the state average.