Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish Texas Education Agency

North Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish Texas Education Agency, calls for ending STAAR test
Freshman state Rep. Andy Hopper, R-Decatur, filed the bill – HB 2657 – that would transfer the powers of the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner (currently Mike Morath) to the State Board of Education, the TEA’s policymaking body. The bill was filed with no co-authors.
Hopper files bill to eliminate Texas Education Agency, STAAR test
As state lawmakers tangle with public education and voucher-like programs for private schools, Texas House District 64 Rep. Andy Hopper is working to abolish the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Hopper,
North Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish TEA, says it’s a bloated bureaucracy
In Texas, there is perhaps no other agency that exemplifies rampant, unaccountable bureaucracy and bloat more than the Texas Education Agency.State rep from Decatur wants TEA gone”
Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish the Texas Education Agency
North Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish the Texas Education Agency 01:03. Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas law
North Texan files House bill to abolish the Texas Education Agency
A North Texas Republican wants to abolish the state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education. Freshman state Rep. Andy Hopper, R-Decatur, this week filed House Bill 2657, a proposal to transfer the powers and duties of the Texas Education Agency and the education commissioner to the State Board of Education,
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