El Paso Sen. Rodríguez: US needs to investigate all Texas school districts for cheating
In a sign of frustration with the Texas Education Agency, state Sen. José Rodríguez last week requested that the U.S. Department of Education launch an investigation into policies affecting federal accountability standards at all Texas school districts.
Rodríguez, D-El Paso, also asked for a federal review of TEA's policies and procedures to determine why its investigations failed to identify cheating at the El Paso Independent School District three years ago.
An audit report from the State Auditor's Office, released last month, found TEA conducted inadequate investigations into alleged cheating at El Paso's largest school district and did not have procedures in place to identify misconduct elsewhere.
"I'm not satisfied with the response from TEA and that's why I'm continuing to press this issue both at the state and at the federal level, particularly now that we know that this is an issue not just in the El Paso Independent School District and you've got now a number of school districts involved in this," Rodríguez said.
More at http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_24127945/rodriguez-asks-department-education-open-statewide-investigation-into .