Blog Archive

Most education policy happens at the state level, but there are a few issues that are important to educators and  students that are decided by officials in Washington.

Here's a look at this week's education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.

The State Board of Education (SBOE) met Friday, June 14, 2019, to conclude its nearly week-long meeting.

SBOE takes hard look at new charter school applicants

Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath updated the State Board of Education (SBOE) today, June 12, 2019, on recent bills passed by the 86th Texas Legislature affecting public education.

Just before noon today, Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill (HB) 3 into law.

Here's your weekly wrap-up of education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.

Calling all teachers who have completed their educator preparation program (EPP) and their first full year on a standard teaching certificate!

Blog posts from June 2019.

As the 86th Texas Legislature began its regular session in January 2019, it was dubbed the "session of the teacher" and was marked by abounding promises to fix school finance and provide pay raises to the most important in-school factor contributing to student success: our teachers.