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In 2014-2015, Texas spent approximately $3,600 per pupil on state Pre-K programs,10 causing Texas to be ranked 30th (of 43) in the nation in Pre-K spending (Barnett et al., 2016). Texas Pre-K spending per pupil is below the national Pre-K spending per pupil average of $4,521 (Barnett et al., 2016).
You must have been employed as a full-time teacher at an eligible school for five complete and consecutive academic years, and at least one of those years must have been after the 1997–98 academic year. Certain highly qualified special education and secondary mathematics or science teachers can qualify for up to $17,500 in forgiveness. Other ...
Safe, Secure, and Drug-Free, by "immediate expulsion for any student who harms a teacher or another student." This includes sending the "out-of-control troublemakers OUT of the classroom and INTO reform schools and corrections facilities," supporting "school districts that allow highly trained teachers to carry concealed weapons at school," and ...
The Section 504 regulation requires a school district to provide a “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) to each qualified person with a disability who is in the school district’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the person’s disability. This pamphlet answers the following questions about FAPE according to ...
The pandemic set pre-K enroll-ment and funding back further, with an enrollment decline of nearly 300,000 children and state spending remaining relatively flat.1 As children and families return to public pre-K, state policymakers must focus on investing in program expansion and strengthening quality. Those eforts should start with a pre-K ...
Equal access: equal opportunity of a qualified person with a disability to participate in or benefit from educational aid, benefits, or services. Free appropriate public education (FAPE): a term used in the elementary and secondary school context; for purposes of Section 504, refers to the provision of regular or special education and related ...
EdWorkingPaper No. 23-880. Assessing the Benefits of Education in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Pre-K Lottery in Georgia. Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong link between participation in pre-K programs and both short-term student achievement and positive later-life outcomes. Existing evidence primarily stems from experimental ...
This brief is the first in a series of materials on pre-K compensation. [For the other reports in this series, see "Teacher Compensation Parity Policies and State-Funded Pre-K Programs" (ED591987) and "Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons from Seven States and Cities" (ED591985).]”