Advocacy Blog

The first-called special session has ended, and a second special session follows with an almost identical agenda.

Speaker Burrows says a quorum is expected on Monday.

Application is due on September 15.

Texas House Democrats break quorum over redistricting, and the Senate and House file identical testing/accountability bills.

My district is telling me I have to be a teacher of record / have a grade book to get the HB 2 raise, but that doesn’t match what I have been hearing about the bill—HELP!

Following limited testimony in an Aug. 6 hearing, the committee voted to send its testing and accountability bill to the full Senate.

It’s unlikely either parents or educators would consider this bill to fulfill the promise of “eliminating the STAAR test.”

At least 51 Democratic state representatives decamped to other states amid an off-cycle redistricting battle.

A Dallas Morning News article highlights the pitfalls of AI test scoring—and the need for school districts to have a means of seeking transparency and accountability from TEA.

Questions about HB 2? Be sure to check out ATPE’s new House Bill 2 resource page. Plus: What the STAAR rescoring issue tells us about the need to get a testing bill right.