Program Allows Students To Transfer From Deficient School
AUSTIN,Texas(AP) – Students at 831 public schools will be allowed to transfer to other campuses because their schools are among the lowest rated in Texas.
The update comes from the Texas Education Agency. Schools on the list had more than half of their students fail the TAKS in any two of the last three years, or had an “academically unacceptable” rating in any one of the last three years.
Under the Public Education Grant program, schools that accept transfer students get extra funding per pupil. Houston led all districts with 89 schools on the list, while Dallas came in second with 74.
More than ten percent of the state’s schools made the list, but the total number decreased from 924 last year. The transfers will be allowed next school year.
Officials say tougher performance standards in recent years have caused problems for some districts.
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2008-09 Public Education Grant List 2007 campuses with 50% or less of the students passing any Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Social Studies, or Science TAKS Test in any two of the three years: 2005, 2006 and 2007 or the school was rated Academically Unacceptable in 2005, 2006 or 2007
Anthony ElemAnthonyHS
Bill Childress ElemCanutilloHS
HorizonHSMontana Vista ElemMountain View HS
Dell City School
Alta Vista ElemAndressHSAoy ElemAustinHSBassett MiddleBeall ElemBliss ElemBowieHSBurges HSBurleson ElemBurnet ElemClendenin ElemCordova MiddleDouglass ElemHawkins ElemHenderson MiddleHouston ElemIrvin HSJeffersonHSLamar ElemLee ElemLincoln MiddleMagoffin MiddleMorehead MiddleMoreno ElemRoberts ElemRusk ElemTravis ElemVilas ElemZavala Elem
Fabens Middle
Fort HancockHSFort Hancock Middle
L.G.Alarcon ElemSan ElizarioHS
Col. JohnO. Ensor MiddleEl DoradoHSErnesto Serna SchoolEscontrias ElemH.D. Hilley ElemHurshel Antwine SchoolPaso del Norte SchoolRobertR. Rojas ElemSierra Vista ElemSocorroHS
Tornillo Intermediate
Capistrano ElemNorth Loop ElemYsleta HS
