Texas Education Agency now says they won't fund schools shut down by local Health Depts

[Blake]

"Texas public school districts risk losing state funding if they shut down campuses solely in response to closure orders issued by local health officials about the coronavirus, the Texas Education Agency announced Tuesday, adding another twist to the weeks-long debate over whether county government leaders can issue such orders.

The reversal in the TEA’s stance brought swift reactions: At least one Bexar County school superintendent talked about a lawsuit, the Boerne Independent School District moved ahead to open schools in two weeks, and some leaders expressed frustration about confusing, even contradictory, directions from the state as coronavirus infections and deaths are increasing by a day......"

https://www.expressnews.com/news/edu...d-15441329.php

[Blake]

"Until Tuesday, TEA officials had said school districts would continue to receive state funding if legally ordered to close campuses by a local health authority.


The change came hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton released a letter — which is not legally binding — in which he opined that state law does not allow local health authorities to order the closure of schools as a preemptive measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

On July 17, the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District prohibited school districts in Bexar County from returning to classrooms for in-person learning and school-sponsored events and activities, including sports, until Labor Day, Sept. 7.

[Blake]

Ken Paxton doing piece of Ken Paxton type things

[boutons_deux]

God told Paxton to up TX.

Repug MISgovernance, never miss a chance.

[CosmicCowboy]

If you read the details they can still start the first eight weeks on-line only without losing funding. If covid is still raging after the eight weeks they can extend the deadline again. Personally I wish the state would let each city/county decide it's own guidelines under these unique cir stances but I could see how there could be conflict on cons utional issues concerning state/local funding.

[Xevious]

Is funding still going to be tied to attendance? So if schools open after labor day and 50% of the students opt for in-person learning, do the schools get 50% of the funding?

[CosmicCowboy]

Is funding still going to be tied to attendance? So if schools open after labor day and 50% of the students opt for in-person learning, do the schools get 50% of the funding?

Still get 100% for 8 weeks unless it's extended again.

[Xevious]

Still get 100% for 8 weeks unless it's extended again.

I'm talking about after that period, if it isn't extended.

[BSfromTX]

Is funding still going to be tied to attendance? So if schools open after labor day and 50% of the students opt for in-person learning, do the schools get 50% of the funding?

Students in my kids' district will need to login and stay logged in til the end of the day to verify attendance. My guess is that it is intended to secure funding.

[koriwhat]

good thing you send your daughter to a catholic school whose religious views you despise.

so awesome they're getting your money as you cry endlessly about there being no god.

pathetic spineless blaKKKe.

[Blake]

If you read the details they can still start the first eight weeks on-line only without losing funding. If covid is still raging after the eight weeks they can extend the deadline again. Personally I wish the state would let each city/county decide it's own guidelines under these unique cir stances but I could see how there could be conflict on cons utional issues concerning state/local funding.

If you read even more into the details, this also means schools districts can open if they want regardless of what county officials say.

Boerne ISD is opening two schools in Bexar:

"The district said parents at both Fair Oaks and Van Raub can choose which learning option is best for their children and will not be opening school 100% online as Bexar County originally mandated on July 17.

Additionally, the Texas Education Agency stated that campuses that did not offer an in-person educational opportunity would not be funded.

As of Monday, July 27, the district reported more than 65% of Fair Oaks Ranch Elementry School families and more than 61% of Van Raub Elementary School families had selected the in-person option for their children...."

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020...egal-guidance/

[Xevious]

Students in my kids' district will need to login and stay logged in til the end of the day to verify attendance. My guess is that it is intended to secure funding.

And this is a problem too for households with two working parents (or single parent households). Home schooling for a lot of these kids will happen in the evening and over the weekend

[koriwhat]

good! as well us non parents shouldn't have our taxes put towards caring for others offspring.

[Blake]

good! as well us non parents shouldn't have our taxes put towards caring for others offspring.

Oh you mean like public school tax

[Blake]

Smh this Evangelical racist piece of ..

"Vance Ginn, the chief economist for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is facing fierce backlash for a recent racist tweet that said schools should open since most of the people dying from the coronavirus in Texas are elderly or Hispanic..."

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07...s-coronavirus/

[boutons_deux]

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...wpisrc=nl_most

[Blake]

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...wpisrc=nl_most

BUT SWEDEN

[TSA]

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...wpisrc=nl_most

All those damn kindergartners flooding the bars are causing the surge.

"As the death toll escalates in coronavirus hot spots, evidence is growing that young people who work outside the home, or who surged into bars and restaurants when states relaxed shutdowns, are infecting their more vulnerable elders, especially family members."

[TSA]

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...wpisrc=nl_most

All those damn kindergartners flooding the bars are causing the surge.

"As the death toll escalates in coronavirus hot spots, evidence is growing that young people who work outside the home, or who surged into bars and restaurants when states relaxed shutdowns, are infecting their more vulnerable elders, especially family members."

[Blake]

All those damn kindergartners flooding the bars are causing the surge.

"As the death toll escalates in coronavirus hot spots, evidence is growing that young people who work outside the home, or who surged into bars and restaurants when states relaxed shutdowns, are infecting their more vulnerable elders, especially family members."

"High school and college-age children may expose teachers, parents and grandparents."


Why do you always leave the high schoolers out of your posts?

[Xevious]

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020...closure-order/

[Blake]

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020...closure-order/

ing fat piece of