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Tri-Agency Finalizes Workforce Development Goals As Record Employment Levels Continue

June 6, 2022

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,…

Teacher Shortage Remains Top of Mind

June 3, 2022

The following testimony was submitted by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda to the Senate Committee on Education on May 24, 2022. What to Know: The data is still not yet clear on the teacher shortage, but our polling indicates that between 4%-25% of Texas teachers are thinking about leaving the profession. Teachers...

Data Suggests Texas’ School District Accountability System is Strong

June 2, 2022

The state must continue to care about how every student in Texas is performing academically The following testimony was submitted by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda to the House Public Education Committee on May 24, 2022. At Texas 2036, we believe strongly in a valid, reliable, and transparent assessment and accountability system....

8 Reasons Why School Finance House Bill 3 Is Still Worth Bragging About

June 1, 2022

The following excerpt is from testimony submitted by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Public Education Committee on May 24, 2022. House Bill 3 was a complicated piece of legislation. There are billions of dollars flowing through dozens, if not hundreds, of calculations. What...

Making Progress on Texas’ Education-to-Workforce Pipeline

May 24, 2022

The following is adapted from testimony submitted by Texas 2036 Policy Advisor Renzo Soto to the House International Relations & Economic Development Committee on May 19, 2022. While Texas continues its economic recovery from the pandemic’s recession and adjusts to the evolving modern labor market, the importance of organizing the state’s education and workforce systems...

Water Infrastructure, Deferred Maintenance, and Disaster Preparedness

May 10, 2022

The following remarks were delivered by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Jeremy Mazur at the Senate Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Hearing on May 10, 2022. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Jeremy Mazur and I am a Senior Policy Advisor for Texas 2036. Thank you for the opportunity to offer comments...

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