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State Rep. Helen Kerwin briefs Burleson ISD trustees on 89th Legislature education actions and HB2 teacher-pay provisions
Summary
State Representative Helen Kerwin used the public comment period on Sept. 8 to summarize outcomes from the 89th Texas Legislature and special sessions, focusing on school-choice provisions, parental-rights bills, and HB2 — the education reform bill she described as concentrating on teacher pay, early literacy and special education funding.
At the opening of the Sept. 8 Burleson ISD Board of Trustees meeting, Representative Helen Kerwin offered a legislative update covering the recent 89th legislative session and two special sessions, highlighting bills the representative said affect public education and school districts.
Kerwin told trustees that the session produced measures she described as advances in border and grid security and listed legislative outcomes she said concerned education: parental-rights bills, school-choice provisions, a new civics…
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