Texas education agency ready to find new leaders for Houston school district, documents show

that a 2021 law — which went into effect after the case was first taken to court — permits the TEA commissioner to replace a school board and its superintendent if one of its schools receives consecutive years of failing grades.

The Texas Supreme Court threw out the injunction in January and formalized its decision March 1, clearing the path for the TEA to put in place new school board members, who could then vote to end the lawsuit.Student outcomes have improved at both Phillis Wheatley and the district at large since Morath first announced a possible takeover. The TEA, which grades schools and districts each year based on their academic achievement, gave the high school a grade of F in 2019.

The TEA has taken over 15 school districts. It still manages Marlin ISD, outside of Waco, and Shepherd ISD, east of Conroe. The agency gave back control of eight districts to their local school boards; in other instances, it has shut them down or annexed them to other districts. Supporters of the state’s takeover of Houston ISD would be a way to get faltering school districts back on track. Critics say it undermines the community’s will by removing the district’s elected school board members, and they worry the move could lead to layoffs. Days before the TEA confirmed the takeover, parents and teachers at

on March 3 called the plan an insult after the district’s improvements and an unnecessary disruption in the middle of the spring semester.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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