Killeen City Council members are expected to vote on an interlocal contract for redistricting services and drainage improvements Tuesday, after several weeks of workshop discussions.
The items will be brought into consideration during a regularly scheduled meeting at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in City Hall.
Council members have discussed the possibility of entering into an interlocal cooperation contract with Austin-based law firm Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta to perform redistricting services for the cityâs voting boundaries.
Services would include Bickerstaff conducting an initial assessment of the cityâs districts to determine if there is an imbalance. Should any be determined, the law firm would work with Killeen city staff to create a redistricting process that would allow for voting boundaries to be redrawn so they are in compliance with federal law. This would be used to help bring the districts into a âone person - one voteâ balance, accordi
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Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A $124.9 million bond proposal to expand and update Temple College facilities will be decided by local residents.
The proposal, if approved, would call for a major expansion of the schoolâs Health Sciences Center to address a shortage of health care workers as well as providing updates to several college buildings that are 50 to 60 years old.
âIf approved, the new facilities could be completed by 2026 when Temple College will be celebrating its 100th anniversary,â TC President Christy Ponce said. âThese campus advancements would represent an important milestone in Temple Collegeâs history of being trusted for generations and building for the future.â
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A technical issue with the Education Testing System (ETS), which administers the STAAR test online, is impacting school districts across the state Tuesday morning, including Temple Independent School District.
ETS is used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which notified districts about the issue initially around 9:30 a.m., then again around 10:30 a.m., saying their connectivity issues weren t resolved.
This impacted schools like Temple ISD that were trying to administer the STAAR test to students.