Latest posts tagged with #HB8 on Bluesky
“Standardized test results in Texas have an outsized influence on the A-F accountability system, which the state uses to grade schools’ performance.” (4/4)
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/01/t...
#TxEd #TxLege #SpecialSession #HB8 #STAAR #MeasureWhatMattersTx
but, honestly, should we really be passing a new testing regime without finding the money to cover what we did in 2019 in perpetuity? I think not. 14/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
anything he can do to remind us that vocal fry is not just for the ladies and tell his "Shittencourt marina" story again--hopefully remembering it was a bunch of dudes with fishing boats and not TTF1 that was on his street. 13/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
but when you put Shittencourt in charge of finding revenue, he absolutely won't.
we're seeing it today with the Hill Country. he's yelling at local government entities for not raising taxes to cover siren systems when it's his legislation that prevents them from doing so. 12/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
and we have never accounted for that increased revenue need. never. we just cross our fingers and hope that we have enough money in GR and PSF to cover it in the next session.
I mean, when tackling problems in TRS and ERS, we made a new revenue stream. it's not hard. 11/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
Shittencourt was clear that he would not let anyone burst his bubble. his daddy told him when he was a wee boy that the foul smell of a refinery was "the smell of money" and he will only answer with that story when faced with reality. 10/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
the reason we'd seen that increase was because of Harvey. when you have people replacing everything they own all at once instead of over time there is a spike in sales tax collections followed by a precipitous drop off. Hear was clear on this point. 9/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
the revenues committee was supposed to find that $1.8B per year, but they revenues committee was chaired by Shittencourt so they... well... didn't do that.
Shittencourt thought the increased sales tax revenue would persist at a rate 10% increased collections year over year. 8/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
the total estimated cost over accounting for population and inflation was about $5.3B per year. the expenditures committee found $3.5B which could be reallocated within the public school finance budget leaving $1.8B per year that would need to come from new revenues. 7/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
it was maze-like and only about 5 people in the whole state could navigate it. there were a lot of programs which had appropriations despite no longer being active--not an uncommon thing. happens in the federal budget all the time. 6/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
once they identified how to achieve that, the proposal went to the expenditures group which looked at current expenditures. it's worth noting that at the time the Texas public school finance system was like the Winchester House. they just kept building onto it until... 5/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
we've added Closing the Gaps to help people persist in their college educations no matter what the goal is. not even sure it works with the DEI ban because it targets resources to student populations that have a harder time remaining until the end of their program. 4/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
TX60X30 is a higher education initiative to achieve a goal of 60% of the working age population having a college *credential* by 2030. to make sure that happens, we need to address college, career and military readiness of high school graduates (CCMR). 3/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
the commission created three committees which would take things up in order: outcomes, expenditures and revenues.
they started with outcomes. you don't know what things would cost until you set what outcomes you want for students. they chose to align with TX60X30 goals. 2/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
let's talk about Shittencourt's failures on the Texas Public School Finance Commission during the interim in 2017 and 2018. 1/14 #txlege #txed #HB8
Rep. @ginaforaustin.bsky.social makes a strong case against HB8, which would add MORE standardized tests for students each year and make it easier for Greg Abbott to take over school districts statewide. #txlege #HB8
you can't have unprecedented transparency when you're using AI to grade writing samples. we're not going to have insights into the algorithms used to do it and, even if we did, most of us would not understand it. a human grader can explain how they came to the conclusion they did. #txlege #HB8 #txed
Rep. @ginaforaustin.bsky.social lays it out clearly: HB8 would add MORE STAAR-type tests for students each year. #TxLege #HB8
School starts in #Ohio this week- #HB8, The Parental Rights Bill is already causing issues in all sectors of public schooling. material censorship, IEP exclusion+no buses .
No funds for public schools or libraries.
We will get a new Browns stadium tho...
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The School Year in #Ohio starts this week and next- #HB8, The Parental Rights Bill + other conservative senate trickery are already causing issues in all sectors of public schooling. material censorship, IEP exclusion and no buses for students
#SundownOhio
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The School Year in #Ohio starts this week and next- #HB8, The Parental Rights Bill + other conservative senate trickery are already causing issues in all sectors of public schooling. material censorship, IEP exclusion and no buses for students
#SundownOhio
ko-fi.com/post/Parenta...
Kickoff of @TACC_News #CommunityCollegeDay with @GaryVanDeaver - author of historic #HB8 legislation #txed #txlege @EdTrustTX
Shame on you, Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH), for signing a student safety-endangering combo Don’t Say Gay or Trans and forced outing bill! #HB8
www.advocate.com/politics/ohi...
URGENT REMINDER
the "Don't Say Gay/ Parents Bill of Rights" isn't set in stone.
YOU CAN CALL DEWINE
#DontSayGay #transphobia #HB8 #protecttranskids
{might help, might get the bill redrafted idk}
www.honestyforohioeducation.org/hb-8.html
I've been deep diving for weeks and now I've crawled out of hell to explain what the fuck is going on here-
Wanna know what's going on in "Parents' Rights Bills" and transphobic legislature (coming to you soon?) You should.
#substack #transphobia #HB8
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It’s my job as a parent to build a strong relationship with my children. It’s the school’s job to educate them.
#Ohio #HB8 forces public schools to do my job for me.
#UsPol #DontSayGay #Politics #MAGA.
Tell members of the Senate Education Committee to reject House Bill 8, this is Ohio's version of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.
#ohio #hb8
Testified in Columbus today against #Ohio #HB8 today essentially Ohio’s version of Don’t Say Gay that will also make school personnel out trans and queer kids to their parents using language that is very vague.
I’m sure it fell on the deaf ears of the Republicans on the panel. Still had to be said.
👋 hope you can post 🦋 from #Antartica #hb8
