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Texas committee hears testimony on special education micro-grant bill


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Derek Draplin, The Center Square
 | April 22, 2021 02:00 PM
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A Texas Senate committee heard testimony this week on legislation that would extend a micro-grant program for special education students in public schools.
Senate Bill 1716 would continue an existing program that provides enrolled special education students with $1,500 stipends to fund supplemental special education services and materials.
The program is funded with federal COVID-19 relief funds, which lawmakers may need to revisit once the federal aid money runs out.
State Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, told the Texas Senate Committee on Education on Tuesday that the state has 17,000 eligible students, with 7,000 scholarships awarded so far. ....

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Choosing a Houston-area school during pandemic involves, of course, logging on


Choosing a Houston-area school during pandemic involves, of course, logging on
By Lisa Gray, Staff writer
© Photo Courtesy Of Families Empow / Photo Courtesy Of Families Empow
Colleen Dippel, founder and executive director of Families Empowered.
In a year where so much schooling has been virtual, choosing schools has shifted to screens as well. On Saturday morning, 524 users logged onto one of the Houston area’s biggest K-12 school fairs a dizzying school-a-rama in one of nation’s strongest bastions of school choice.
Normally the nonprofit Families Empowered holds the fair in person, with hundreds of families milling around Houston Community College West Loop, picking up brochures and chatting with reps for a bewildering array of K-12 options other than the school a family is zoned to: charter schools, magnet schools and private schools. ....

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Online schooling has hammered student performance. Educators call it the 'COVID slide,' and San Antonio schools are testing kids to assess the damage


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Judah Ryan, 11, makes his science project presentation Friday as the family dog, Hermione, a 14-year-old golden retriever, walks by. Ryan is a 5th grader at Great Hearts Online a charter school. Kids in remote learning are falling behind, especially in math. Some school districts have tested students to gauge the so-called COVID slide.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Sheila Ryan, 49, helps her son, Benjamin, 9, before the start of online class at their home, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Benjamin is fourth grader with Great Hearts Online, a charter school. She has six children in K-12 schools and three in college. Kids in remote learning are falling behind, especially in math. Some school districts have tested students to ....

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