Texas school superintendent gives HISD administrators insight to TEA state takeover
HOUSTON – State takeovers can happen at school for many reasons. According to the Texas Education Agency, Houston's takeover was decided because of...
HOUSTON – State takeovers can happen at school for many reasons. According to the Texas Education Agency, Houston's takeover was decided because of unacceptable academic accountability, and because the district has had a conservator assigned for more than two consecutive years. In 2014, Beaumont Independent School District was taken over by the state during a financial emergency. Different circumstances, but the situation was just as concerning for that community. 'You had a portion of the community that felt like, ‘Well my voice is no longer being heard, you're taking away my voice in our community.