Blog Archive

Social media mudslinging is in full swing one month out from the voter registration deadline for the 2024 primaries.

Aaron Kinsey (R–Midland), first elected to the board in November 2022, replaces Texas Parent PAC-endorsed Dr. Keven Ellis (R–Lufkin).

As 2023 winds down and 2024 begins, the fight to support public schools and stave off private school vouchers continues. Plus, SBOE considers HB 1605 implementation and sexual content in library books.

Many public education allies are retiring from the Legislature, and top state leaders are targeting pro-public ed representatives.

Attention turns to the 2024 primaries as the Legislature finally goes home (at least for now).

ATPE provided testimony as part of the Texas Council for Educator Preparation (TCEP).

Last-minute effort to bring up a voucher-less school funding bill was shut down by Speaker Dade Phelan.

With just a few days left in the fourth special session, the House could still send a voucher-less educator pay raise to the governor.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee met in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to discuss how WEP and GPO mistreat government workers.

Chairman Brad Buckley sent the voucher-less HB 1 back to committee to die, killing teacher pay and school funding portions of the bill.