'I know how David felt going up against Goliath,' says State Rep Harold Dutton.
we’re hearing from the legislator, State Representative Harold Dutton, who wrote the law, making way for a takeover to happen.
Dutton's law was passed in 2015. "If a school district lets one school, one campus fail for five consecutive school years, the state had two choices. The state could come and take over the district or the state could close the school," He explained.HISD’s Wheatley High School, for instance, had an F accountability rating for seven straight years. Wheatley now has a C.
The state began talking of taking HISD years ago amid dozens of failing schools mostly in Black and brown neighborhoods, employee corruption allegations, and chaos within the school board.Four years later, under the leadership of a new superintendent, the district has a B+ rating. "And it is scoring higher in every category than Dallas Independent School District.
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