Although it is not all that unusual for legislators to ignore common sense, those who would repeal the important 221 class size cap for K4 are being aided and abetted by some welleducated people who should (and do) know better – school superintendents. Many superintendents would rather give up that important educational standard than demand […]
Sens. Florence Shapiro and Dan Patrick were pretty forthright this morning about why they were sponsoring legislation (Senate Bills 3 and 443) to relax the 221 class size limit for K4 and repeal other important educational quality standards. Instead of paying for quality, as the state constitution requires, they are passing the buck to school […]
Several budgetstrapped school superintendents in Gregg County doubtlessly are grateful that the 19th century drafters of the Texas Constitution created a state Senate as well as a Texas House. That’s because seven school districts in that primarily rural East Texas county stand to see their educational programs crippled with as much as $28 million in […]
A couple of days ago, University of Texas at Austin President William Powers was telling the Senate Finance Committee how $65 million in budget cuts proposed for UTAustin would hurt the state’s largest campus. Among other things, he testified, UT would have to cut 90 faculty and 200 staff positions and reduce student scholarships. Powers […]
