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Voucher program could cost Texas schools close to $300 million in funding, new report shows | Houston Public Media (opens the original)
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Texas public schools will lose an estimated $300 million this year in state funding due to Texas' new voucher program, according to two watchdog groups tracking the program. The report — released Thursday by two nonpartisan, anti-voucher groups, Our Schools Our Democracy and Every Texan – revealed, at minimum, 184 independent school districts will lose at least $227 million dollars in state funding due to students accepting vouchers and leaving their districts for private school or home schoolin
Barbers Hill ISD built a $200 million education foundation, now its structure is under scrutiny | Houston Public Media (opens the original)
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When Greg Poole first became superintendent of Barbers Hill ISD nearly 20 years ago, he inherited three major issues. The sixth-generation Texan said he needed to foster better relationships with local businesses, offset funding diversions to the state and find a way to "truly grow" the district's finances. "What we did here is likely the most monumental thing to ever happen in public ed — period," Poole said in a lengthy sit-down interview with Houston Public Media. The "monumental" maneuver in
Houston ISD state takeover could end this school year, but elected trustees face a long road to full control | Houston Public Media (opens the original)
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Houston ISD may begin to regain local control of the district by the end of this school year. In August, both Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath and state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles said Houston ISD could exit the intervention "relatively soon." The state's largest school district has been under state control since 2023, after Wheatley High School in the fifth ward earned more than five consecutive failing accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency. The state intervent
Houston ISD deputy superintendent instrumental in special education overhaul resigns | Houston Public Media (opens the original)
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Houston ISD Deputy Superintendent Kristen Hole announced Thursday morning she's leaving the district. Hole was tapped for the position by state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles in February of this year. Hole previously served as the district's chief academic officer. She joined the district shortly after Miles took over and worked for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) before coming to Houston ISD. In a statement, the district said Hole is leaving to reunite with her family who moved out of sta
Texas Comptroller requests $2 billion to expand school voucher program | Houston Public Media (opens the original)
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Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is asking state legislators to double the private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students are still on the wait list for vouchers, also known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts or TEFA, driving the need for expansion. In its inaugural year, the program received more than 270,000 applications, of which 248,000 were deemed eligible, well exceeding the program’s capacity. "This is the longest school choice waitlist in the country," Travis Pil
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