State Board of Education considers approving 5 new charter schools in Texas

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath addresses the State Board of Education on Wednesday. Morath recommended the SBOE approve five new charter schools in the state., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Five new charter schools could be one step closer to opening in Texas if the State Board of Education greenlights them this week.

Representatives from each of the schools also gave presentations to the 15-member body. Some of the schools would focus on making STEM careers more accessible to students and equipping them with entrepreneurship skills while at least one other would place a heavy emphasis on literacy. “There are only so many tax dollars out there. And there's only so much that will go to education, and what goes to education should go to public schools,” Texas State Teachers Association spokesperson Clay Robison said. “And the expansion of charter schools, which are technically public schools — technically — should be done with a lot of caution. And this is not the time, particularly this year, to do it.

The Texas Public Charter Schools Association opposes the notion that charter schools, which have also struggled with a lack of new state funding, take away resources from traditional public schools.

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