The Brief
- Texas education officials rejected Austin ISD’s latest turnaround request for three schools.
- The TEA says the district and its nonprofit partner have weak performance records.
- Without state partnership benefits, the threat of a state takeover remains.
AUSTIN, Texas – Austin ISD’s newest efforts to prevent a state takeover by the Texas Education Agency have been rejected. Thursday, the TEA told the district that it, and its new partner, have a history of failure that could not be ignored.
Austin ISD state takeover
The latest:
The issue surrounds three campuses within the district; Burnet Middle School, Dobie Middle School and Webb Middle School. AISD had recently attempted to secure Texas Partnership benefits outlined in Senate Bill 1882, which the Thursday letter denied.
TEA officials in the letter, addressed to AISD Superintendent Matias Segura, said the three questionable campuses have delivered consistently unacceptable results since the 2018-2019 school year. These records prevent the schools from receiving partnership funding, which keeps the door open to a potential future state takeover by the TEA.…