On June 22, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission approved recommendations for the Texas Water Development Board to better plan for more severe droughts, establish meaningful budget metrics and incorporate stronger data for outreach efforts. This comes after Texas 2036 submitted ideas for the Commission to consider as they work to improve the Water Development Board’s…
The Tennessee Department of Education recently released its state assessment results and they’re worth paying attention to for Texas policymakers. Across the state, various groups have been calling for a suspension of the STAAR exam. The most frequent justification for the suspension, and the resulting halt in the state’s academic accountability system (known as the…
Record job levels in Texas is certainly cause to celebrate the state’s economic success. However, the state must also ensure we’re prepared to fill those jobs with qualified Texans in order to sustain these celebrations through our bicentennial and beyond. One way we do this: fully implement House Bill 3767, the Texas Education and Workforce…
Texas is in its sixth straight month of setting record employment levels with the Texas Workforce Commission recently announcing the addition of 62,800 nonfarm jobs in April 2022. To sustain this job growth, our state must have talented workers to fill those jobs. Through House Bill 3767 (87-R), the Texas Education and Workforce Alignment Act,…
