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A 2011 study of nearly 1 million Texas students found that nearly 60% of students were suspended or expelled at least once between grades 7 and 12." [2] In 2012, Texas changed the law such that students could no longer be charged with "disrupting class" and no student younger than 12 years could be charged with a "low-level misdemeanor at ...
No Pass No Play is a Texas public education policy that came about as a result of the passage of House Bill 72 by the Texas Legislature in 1984, and became effective in 1985. [1] Under No Pass No Play, students must pass all their school courses to be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics or fine arts (choir ...
Amended the Higher Education Act to allocate education funding reductions equally between the states. Pub. L. 96–96: 1980 Education Amendments of 1980 Pub. L. 96–374: 1980 (No short title) Granted the Internal Revenue Service the authority to disclose information to the Department of Education regarding students that default on student loans.
The Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind [125] is a proposal by more than 135 national civil rights, education, disability advocacy, civic, labor, and religious groups that have signed on to a statement calling for major changes to the federal education law. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) initiated and ...
The civil rights movement brought about controversies on busing, language rights, desegregation, and the idea of “equal education". [1] The groundwork for the creation of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act first came about with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination and racial segregation against African Americans and women.
The new laws affect schools, the electric grid and the power of local governments. 774 new Texas laws go into effect Friday. Here are some that might affect you.
(The Center Square) – The State Board of Education (SBOE) on Friday approved the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) proposal for Texas’ state-owned textbooks, known as Bluebonnet Learning. It ...
The "Texas, Our Texas" license plates issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles will include the song's namesake as well as honor the 100th birthday of the tune with the dates 1924-2024.