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District staff report lawsuit blocking release of 2024 TEA A–F accountability ratings

Bellville Independent School District Board · August 29, 2024
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Summary

Chief Academic Officer Natalie Jones told the board the district is affected by a Texas lawsuit challenging STAAR validity and the TEA A–F accountability system; a court order has blocked release of 2024 A–F ratings.

Natalie Jones, Chief Academic Officer, told the board that a lawsuit filed in Texas for the second consecutive year challenges the reliability and validity of the STAAR assessment and the TEA A–F accountability system. The minutes state the litigation resulted in a court order blocking release of the district’s 2024 A–F ratings.

Jones presented this as part of her learning report and linked the legal action to implications for accountability reporting timelines. The minutes do not include further legal analysis or speak to anticipated timing for release of any ratings; they record only that the court order blocked the 2024 A–F ratings.