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In kindergarten classrooms across Texas, 5-year-olds coming to school for the first time could soon be greeted by picture books, colorful blocks and the words, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife."
Texas school districts scrambled in recent years to hire enough educators amid an ongoing teacher shortage. Job fair after job fair still left openings, forcing districts across the state to lean on substitutes and other band-aids to teach students. Veterans could be part of the solution.
DALLAS — Republicans behind an aggressive push for school choice this session are angling to break the bond that previously thwarted voucherlike efforts in Texas: an unlikely coalition of rural
School districts across North Texas are asking voters in November to approve bond packages to pay for surveillance cameras, weapon detection systems, modern door locks, shatter-resistant window film and other measures.