Texas students, education advocates, and lawmakers joined together Monday morning at the state capitol to express concern over President Trump’s executive order
Texas students, education advocates, and lawmakers joined together Monday morning at the state capitol to express concern over President Trump ’s executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education.
A common theme among the advocates that spoke was that this order creates more uncertainty for Texas students and educators. Texas receives more than $3.66 billion dollars annually from the education department to support 5.6 million kids in Texas K-12. A lot of that funding supports Title 1 schools and students with disabilities. Some advocates feel the decision to begin dismantling the education department will harm those students. “We all want efficiency in government, but they are playing with fire when they go after the very protections that protect our most vulnerable students,” said Texas State Representative Gina Hinojosa. President Trump said Title 1, Pell Grants, and Individuals with Disabilities Act funding will still be provided. Instead, this order aims to shift control of funding back to the states. Some Texas lawmakers are applauding this decision. “Most of the education expenses, the money that flows in comes from local taxpayers in the local school district, so it is principally a state responsibility and not a federal government responsibility,” said United States Senator John Cornyn.“Texas cannot be trusted to protect our students on its own. This is the same state that illegally kept special education enrollment at eight and a half percent for over a decade, denying 1000s of students needed services,” said Melissa Ross, Board of Trustee for Round Rock ISD. CBS Austin asked one of the lawmakers opposed to the decision what she is doing now to protect students. “I filed a bill, House Bill 5419 to take those federal funds that come to the state, probably in the form of block grants, is what we're hearing, and make sure that those dollars go directly to our schools, that they don't get taken up by the Texas Education Agency,” said Representative Hinojosa. A lawsuit was filed Monday against President Trump by a group of advocacy organizations including the National Education Association, alleging he exceeded his constitutional authority.
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