Lieutenant Governor’s Skimpy Assignments for Senate Education Committee Leave Out Big Issues- See mo
Posted on January 13, 2014 by Texas AFT Staff Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on January 9 announced a skimpy list of study topics for the Texas Senate Education Committee that is remarkable for what it leaves out. Today Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, a member of that committee who also happens to be running for lieutenant governor, called Dewhurst out for omitting what she terms “the most pressing education challenges” facing the state. Van De Putte noted that the Dewhurst list leaves out school finance entirely and also fails to address the need for expanding access to quality pre-K—two key public concerns she had specifically asked Dewhurst to include among the committee’s interim study assignments. The omissions “suggest the lieutenant governor is out of touch with both the concerns of parents and the needs of our economy,” she said. “What we’re getting is short-term thinking and long-term neglect.” The lieutenant governor’s interim charges to the Senate Education Committee announced on January 9, are as follows, in their entirety: - See more at: http://texasaftblog.com/hotline/?p=3471#sthash.XkkToKOj.dpuf