Education
BY HANNAH NORTON
TEA to release latest AF school ratings
Legal action around AF system Date Action 2023 Aug. 15 Annual deadline to issue A-F ratings
updated every ve years. Morath told reporters April 22 that changes made in 2023 reected “how well schools close the gaps between students and how well they’re accelerating students, basically catching students up to grade level.” “It is absolutely mathematically possible for every [school] to get an A, but they have to earn it,” Morath said. “It’s not just given away.” The latest On July 3, Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals reversed a 2024 ruling by a Travis County district court, which had blocked the TEA from assign- ing AF ratings since September. The school districts said the TEA did not provide fair notice of changes to the accountabil- ity system. The appeals court noted that Morath has the authority to adopt new standards “at any time during a school year.”
A Texas judge ruled July 3 that the Texas Education Agency can release its pub- lic school accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year. The scores were blocked for nearly one year after 33 school districts sued the TEA last August, arguing that the agency unfairly raised the bar for schools to earn a high score and waited too long to notify districts about the changes. TEA Commissioner Mike Morath has said he plans to release ratings for the 2024-25 school year Aug. 15, per state law. The background Accountability scores for the 2022-23 school year were released on April 24, marking the rst time since 2019 that schools received complete ratings, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the two lawsuits. State law requires that the AF system be
Districts sue TEA with concerns over 2023 rating system TEA delays release of 2023 ratings, originally set for Sept. 28 Travis County district court blocks release of 2023 ratings Second suit led; Travis County district court blocks 2024 ratings Following an in-person hearing, Travis County district judge further blocks 2024 ratings
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2024 Aug. 12
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2025 April 3
State appeals court rules 2023 ratings can be issued April 24 2023 ratings are released to the public
State appeals court rules 2024 ratings can be issued
July 3
SOURCES: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS 15TH COURT OF APPEALS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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