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Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced that the state will provide a "hold harmless" to Texas school systems for the rest of the 2020-2021 academic school year.
Five regional school districts, all with high minority populations living closer to the poverty line, are most harmed by Pennsylvania's famously unfair education funding structure, according to a new analysis by a good schools advocacy group. Those districts are Pottstown and Norristown in Montgomery County, Reading and Antietam in Berks County, and Southeast Delco in Delaware County. The 24-page study, recently released by Public Citizens for Children and Youth, places much of the blame on an aspect of Pennsylvania's school funding architecture called "hold harmless." - Advertisement - Co...
The Brownwood ISD (BISD) Board of Trustees met for a regular session meeting on Monday, February 8, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. The session was called to order by Board President Michael Cloy. BISD Trustee Codie Smith gave the invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Board President Michael Cloy. INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS BISD Deputy Superintendent Liesa Land highlighted the layers of support that Brownwood ISD currently has employed for the benefit of both teachers and students. At the Elementary level, support includes a Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction (K-6), four Academic Respons...
Texas Public Radio Texas schools have spent millions this year to make sure students are safe, fed and learning during the pandemic. Public schools across Texas are in limbo as they wait for word on how much funding they’ll receive from the state this semester. During the fall semester, the Texas Education Agency enacted a policy called Hold Harmless to keep districts from being penalized for low attendance rates during the pandemic. But the state agency hasn’t decided if it will continue Hold Harmless this spring. Without a waiver to continue funding schools based on their pre-COVID atte...
bferry@timesobserver.com Photo from pahousegop.com live stream State Rep. Kathy Rapp, chair of the House Health Committee, presided over a public hearing on Tuesday aimed at gathering information on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The education proposal could be about fair funding, a change that would have negative impacts locally, tax increases, or implicitly racist policy… depends who is talking. On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf held a briefing to talk about his education proposal – part of the budget proposal he announced on Wednesday. “My legislative plan is about removing barri...