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The state is and remains committed to providing a high-quality education to all Texas students, while ensuring the health and safety of students, teachers, staff, and families.”Morath added that, despite what will be a challenging budget year, Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. KIPP Texas Connect campus prepares to have 9 to 12 students in a classroom for in-person learning this fall. Paxton said it’s up to school officials to decide whether, when and how to open schools — not local health authorities whose roles are “limited by statute to addressing specific, actual outbreaks of disease.”“Education of our children is an essential Texas value and there is no current statewide order prohibiting any school from opening,” Paxton said in a statement. Greg Abbott, who has the power to overrule local closure orders, has not explicitly stated whether he believes local health officials have that power. Under the Search by menu, you will find searches for School, District, County, Region, and Texas. Check out the latest videos and multimedia content from the Texas Education Agency Wij willen hier een beschrijving geven, maar de site die u nu bekijkt staat dit niet toe. Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dennis Bonnen, and other legislative leaders are committed to fully funding in-class and remote instruction for every child in the upcoming school year. Texas public school districts risk losing state funding if they shut down campuses solely in response to closure orders issued by local health officials, the Texas Education Agency … Nearly all Houston-area districts are employing those options.“Virtually all of the public health authority orders covered a time period that was also covered by the start-of-school transition period,” TEA Commissioner Mike Morath told Texas superintendents on a conference call Tuesday.However, the guidance could have a longer-term impact if state officials require districts to provide in-person classes to families that want them after the first eight weeks of school. Please contact the TEA main line at (512) 463-9734 to be transferred to the appropriate division to schedule a meeting or in-person appointment. That decision rightfully remains with school system leaders.”Paxton’s letter and the TEA’s new funding rules added to confusion percolating in recent weeks about the state’s approach to resuming in-person classes.Early this month, state education officials said public school districts would risk losing funding if they did not offer five days of in-person instruction each week to all families that want it. At the time, TEA leaders said districts could force students with at-home technology to remain in online classes for the first three weeks of school.One week later, TEA officials clarified that districts would continue to receive funding if legally ordered to close campuses by a local health authority.
"TEA officials have consistently stated that districts would receive funding for online-only classes if they are forced to close under an order legally issued by a local health authority — though the legality of local orders remained in question.In his letter, Paxton said local health authorities cannot preemptively order campus closures for the purposes of preventing COVID-19 outbreaks. Health officials in all of the state’s five largest counties issued closure orders in recent weeks that aimed to keep campuses shuttered through at least Labor Day.Gov.