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Georgina Cecilia Pérez, a Democrat, is the State Board of Education representative for District 1, representing students, parents, and educators in 40 counties in West Texas and over 900 miles along the Texas-Mexico border. She was elected to a four-year term on the board on Nov. 8, 2016, and elected to serve as secretary of the TXSBOE in 2019.
Pérez also serves on the Committee of Instruction, which oversees curriculum and instruction, student testing, special education programs, and alternatives to social promotion. Pérez is an El Paso native and proud graduate of Eastwood High School in the Ysleta Independent School District. She served as an eighth-grade English Language Arts and Reading teacher, department chair, pre-service and new-service teacher mentor, and professional development educator in the same district for more than a decade. |
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Texas Public Education - COVID-19 Daily Update
3 APRIL 2020 | This is an update based on daily conference calls initiated by the Texas Education Agency.
tea.texas.gov/coronavirus
MEAL FINDER
In the wake of coronavirus, you can find free school meal pick-up locations near you.
https://txschools.gov
FREE INTERNET IN TEXAS
https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Guidance%20to%20Districts%20on%20Providing%20Internet%20to%20Students.pdf
Rural Education Updates from the U.S. Department of Education
20 March 2020 | Important updates from the Department of Education
TEXAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OPEN MEETING LAWS
16 March 2020 | Governor’s Office Clears Path for Governmental Bodies to Meet Telephonically or by Videoconferencing During Coronavirus Disaster
Governor Abbott’s office today approved a request by the Office of the Attorney General to temporarily suspend a limited number of open meeting laws in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster. This action will allow governmental bodies to conduct meetings by telephone or video conference to advance the public health goal of limiting face-to-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
TXSBOE1 REQUEST TO TEA: POSTPONE / WAIVE STAAR, EOC, and TELPAS
13 MARCH 2020 | Our students are out for extended periods of time due to COVID-19 precautionary measures. While these efforts go a very long way to protect our communities, our students and teachers need the same protections applied to accountability. Whether it's poverty or lack of resources, many communities along the border (and across Texas) do not have access to wifi and do not possess digital devices necessary for online learning. This means our students whose promotion, retention, and graduation is based on test scores are at great risk.
Our nation, state, and cities across the U.S. have declared emergency. Holding our students and teachers responsible for continued learning in the current situation is irresponsible and unnecessary.
SCHOOLS' CURBSIDE FOOD SERVICE
13 MARCH 2020 | The waivers between the Texas Department of Agriculture and the their U.S. counterparts allowing federal reimbursement for non-school based food service should be in place by Monday, 16 March 2020 - (i.e., your curbside food service).
Texas celebrates its 25-year relationship with charters... still no democracy or public accountability in sight.
If there is anyone still doubting that charter operators in Texas (and across the nation) receive every economic and political advantage - still not outperforming ISD's, please take a moment to watch the 14 June 2019, Public Hearings at the Texas State Board of Education.
3 APRIL 2020 | This is an update based on daily conference calls initiated by the Texas Education Agency.
tea.texas.gov/coronavirus
MEAL FINDER
In the wake of coronavirus, you can find free school meal pick-up locations near you.
https://txschools.gov
FREE INTERNET IN TEXAS
https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Guidance%20to%20Districts%20on%20Providing%20Internet%20to%20Students.pdf
Rural Education Updates from the U.S. Department of Education
20 March 2020 | Important updates from the Department of Education
TEXAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS OPEN MEETING LAWS
16 March 2020 | Governor’s Office Clears Path for Governmental Bodies to Meet Telephonically or by Videoconferencing During Coronavirus Disaster
Governor Abbott’s office today approved a request by the Office of the Attorney General to temporarily suspend a limited number of open meeting laws in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster. This action will allow governmental bodies to conduct meetings by telephone or video conference to advance the public health goal of limiting face-to-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
TXSBOE1 REQUEST TO TEA: POSTPONE / WAIVE STAAR, EOC, and TELPAS
13 MARCH 2020 | Our students are out for extended periods of time due to COVID-19 precautionary measures. While these efforts go a very long way to protect our communities, our students and teachers need the same protections applied to accountability. Whether it's poverty or lack of resources, many communities along the border (and across Texas) do not have access to wifi and do not possess digital devices necessary for online learning. This means our students whose promotion, retention, and graduation is based on test scores are at great risk.
Our nation, state, and cities across the U.S. have declared emergency. Holding our students and teachers responsible for continued learning in the current situation is irresponsible and unnecessary.
SCHOOLS' CURBSIDE FOOD SERVICE
13 MARCH 2020 | The waivers between the Texas Department of Agriculture and the their U.S. counterparts allowing federal reimbursement for non-school based food service should be in place by Monday, 16 March 2020 - (i.e., your curbside food service).
Texas celebrates its 25-year relationship with charters... still no democracy or public accountability in sight.
If there is anyone still doubting that charter operators in Texas (and across the nation) receive every economic and political advantage - still not outperforming ISD's, please take a moment to watch the 14 June 2019, Public Hearings at the Texas State Board of Education.
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