July 2019
July 2019
Summary of SBEC's meeting on July 26, 2019
Date Posted: 7/29/2019
On Friday, July 26, 2019, the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) met in Austin to take up a lengthy agenda that included approving rules to implement the EdTPA pilot program and discussing implementation of bills passed by the 86th Legislature, such as House Bill (HB) 3.
November 2019 ballot propositions and other election news
Date Posted: 7/26/2019
This week saw a steady trickle of election-related news.
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: July 26, 2019
Date Posted: 7/26/2019
Here's your weekly wrap-up of education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.
Congressman Kevin Brady files WEP replacement bill, version 2.0
Date Posted: 7/25/2019
U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), the ranking member of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, has introduced H.R. 3934, the “Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2019,” considered a new and improved version of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) replacement bill he filed during the previous congressional session.
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: July 19, 2019
Date Posted: 7/19/2019
ATPE's Governmental Relations team is reporting from Houston this week, where hundreds of our members are here for the ATPE Summit and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
Teach the Vote's Week in Review: July 12, 2019
Date Posted: 7/12/2019
Here's your weekly wrap-up of education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.
TEA begins deep dives on HB 3 topics
Date Posted: 7/09/2019
The Texas Education Agency held an information session Monday, July 8, 2019, in which Commissioner of Education Mike Morath briefed education stakeholders, including ATPE's lobbyists, on various components of House Bill (HB) 3 that will be rolling out over the next several months.
A message from ATPE's Governmental Relations team
Date Posted: 7/05/2019
Our weekly wrap-up will be back next week with the latest news on public education here in Texas.