Education
BY MARK FADDEN
GCISD creates Texas legislative session site Grapevine-Colleyville ISD has created a leg- islative website to help keep district residents informed of ongoing legislative issues and the district’s priorities after the 89th Texas Legislative Session began Jan. 14. The details Director of Communications Rosemary Gladden said the district created the website to address issues like the state’s failure to increase per-stu- dent funding since 2019, additional state mandates that are not fully funded and continuing recapture payments that districts like GCISD are obligated to
Carroll ISD announces launch of new podcast Carroll ISD launched a new podcast, “Dragon Podcast,” with its first episode airing Jan. 10. What you need to know The episode featured Board President Cameron Bryan and Vice President Andrew Yeager discussing school budget and finance with Jeff Brady, Carroll ISD’s executive director of communications, according to a district release. Brady said he isn’t sure how many episodes the podcast will cover but said they already have the next episode in mind. “It will be a limited podcast with a finite number of episodes,” he said. “Our next one will cover the state legislature and our district’s efforts to encourage lawmakers to increase the per student allotment.”
GCISD legislative priorities
Increasing public school funding Fully funding state mandates Funding allotments based on costs
Improving teacher recruitment and retention Reforming the state accountability system
GCISD residents are encouraged to visit www.gcisd.net/page/89th-texas- legislative-session for district updates.
SOURCE: GCISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
• Contact information for GCISD’s legislators • A downloadable one-pager with GCISD’s priori- ties simplified • Access links to watch the House and Senate channels during the session to stay informed “GCISD’s board and leadership are working to meet with state legislators to convey the district’s needs and the impact that their lack of action has had on schools,” Gladden said.
send to the state. Diving in deeper
Beyond listing the district’s legislative priorities, residents can find the following information on the website:
TCC receives $280K grant for job training program The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board awarded nearly $13 million in grant funding Dec. 16 to higher education institutions across Texas. Tarrant County College received $280,000, provided through the board’s Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education grant program. The details According to a THECB news release, the TRUE program supports the goals of the state’s strategic plan for higher education through the creation, expansion or redesign of workforce education and training credential programs in high demand. “These grants support Texas higher education institutions as they develop programs to prepare our workforce for the future,” said Sarah Keyton, interim commissioner of higher education.
THECB documents state high-demand occupations include the following fields: Data processing
Building/ construction jobs Mental and social health services
and computer programming
Food and nutrition
Biomathematics, bioinformatics and computational biology
SOURCE: TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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