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Spearman ISD board adopts resolution endorsing TARS legislative priorities for 89th Texas Legislature
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a resolution supporting priorities proposed by the Texas Association of Rural Schools (TARS) for the 89th Texas Legislature, including teacher salary support, special education funding, school safety funding, administrative support, increased transportation reimbursement, and a review of the Texas Education Code.
The Spearman ISD Board of Trustees voted 7-0 on Oct. 16 to adopt a resolution endorsing legislative priorities put forward by the Texas Association of Rural Schools (TARS) for the 89th Texas Legislative Session. The resolution lists specific priorities including raising the Small and Mid-Sized District Allotment to help close teacher salary gaps, supporting service-based special education funding, securing sustainable school safety funding, creating regional technical assistant superintendents, increasing per-mile transportation reimbursement, and creating a commission to modernize the Texas Education Code.
Exhibit A, the full resolution text prepared by the Powell Law Group on behalf of TARS, was entered into the record and the resolution was made effective immediately. The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Scott Sonnenberg and seconded by Dustin Mackie; the minutes show a recorded vote of 7-0. The minutes do not record further directives for implementation or advocacy steps beyond adoption of the resolution.
