Mayor Sylvester Turner and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee will hold a news conference Monday to call out state Republican leaders for allegedly refusing to adequately fund public schools in Texas, according to a release.
Democrats said this has caused several rural school districts around the state to move to four-day weeks, and new polling shows 70% of Texas teachers want to quit their jobs, the release states.
Turner and Lee will be joined by Aicha Davis, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, and Harris County Democratic Party Chair Odus E. Evbagharu.
The new conference will begin at 12:45 p.m. and will be live-streamed in the video player above.
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Democrats said this has caused several rural school districts around the state to move to four-day weeks, and new polling shows 70% of Texas teachers want to quit their jobs, the release states.
Turner and Lee will be joined by Aicha Davis, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, and Harris County Democratic Party Chair Odus E. Evbagharu.
The new conference will begin at 12:45 p.m. and will be live-streamed in the video player above.
Continue reading...