AUSTIN, Texas — Texas public schools have lost over 76,000 students since last year, marking the steepest enrollment drop since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath shared the enrollment data with lawmakers on Monday during a hearing hosted by the Texas House Committee on Public Education.
“We are down students,” Morath said, unable to point to a specific explanation for the drop. “We cannot tell you the precise cause of this. We just know that it has occurred.”…