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Waco ISD superintendent urges caution over new ESA voucher bill and recent accountability changes
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Quanesha Spicer told the board the Senate advanced a bill creating education savings accounts (ESAs) to the governor and criticized recent Texas Education Agency changes to testing and accountability, saying districts lacked notice of new measures and that the STAAR is a single‑day measure that doesn't capture all school work.
WACO, Texas — In her monthly report to the board, Waco ISD Superintendent Dr. Quanesha Spicer said the Senate advanced a bill creating education savings accounts (ESAs) to the governor and expressed concern about recent Texas Education Agency (TEA) alterations to testing and accountability methods.
Spicer told trustees the Senate voted 19–12 to advance the House version of SB 2, the ESA bill, and said the district is monitoring how the measure could affect public schools. “I have been asked to look into the future and forecast how this bill will impact public schools…
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