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On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.

ATPE’s testimony primarily focused on the bill’s educator pay provisions.

TEA, TRS among agencies questioned by committee members.

House Public Education tackles school finance/educator pay testimony this week and schedules vouchers for next Tuesday.

ATPE-supported HB 120 would expand CTE (one of the governor’s emergency items), and HB 20 would establish an Applied Sciences Pathway Program. 

Catch up on ATPE’s testimony, both written and in person, on bills related to the Ten Commandments, parental access to library materials, virtual education, and more.

Senate unanimously passes SB 26, its vision for teacher pay, on to House while both chambers’ education committees heat up. Plus, fact-check the fact-checkers on vouchers in the latest ATPE Podcast.

HB 2 proposes sweeping changes to funding and Texas Education Code statutes.

TRS board also heard reports on the impact of federal repeal of the GPO/WEP, the oldest TRS annuitant, and the upcoming TRS office relocation.

SB 12 incorporates several pieces of legislation heard Thursday by the committee, which did not take any votes.