Almost 300 Texas schools score 2 consecutive years of failure
AUSTIN Texas (Texas Insider Report) Senator Taylor and I are working shoulder-to-shoulder to advance and strengthen Texas current parent empowerment law. Parents shouldnt be forced to subject their children to
schools that are clearly failing to meet their needs said Sen. Brandon Creighton
following introduction of
Senate Bill 14 the Parent Empowerment Bill.
According to
the Texas Education Agency over 146000 students are trapped in almost 300 failing public schools with two or more consecutive years of failure.
S.B. 14 allows parents of children in a failing school to petition for the reconstitution repurposing alternative management or closure of low-performing public campuses after two years instead of the current
statute of five years.
Senator Larry Taylor (left R-Friendswood) is the primary author and
Senator Creighton (R-Conroe) is a working co-author of this legislation.
Beaumont ISDs recent corruption and abuse of the public trust is a prime example of why our Parent Empowerment legislation needs to pass this session said Creighton.
We cannot waste a day when it comes to the education of our children.
Texas students deserve every opportunity to reach their full potential and parents deserve every tool available to take action and make a difference in their school districts Creighton said.
Strengthening Texass current parent empowerment law by shortening the wait period for parents ability to petition from five years to two consecutive years is a move in the right direction.
It is time for meaningful change in our communities said Creighton.
SEN. BRANDON CREIGHTON represents Texas Senate District 4 encompassing parts of Montgomery Harris Chambers Jefferson & Galveston Counties. He is Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce and serves on the Senate Agriculture Water & Rural Affairs Committee as well as the Criminal Justice and the State Affairs Committees.
