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Our Schools Our Democracy is a Texas-based nonpartisan and independent nonprofit dedicated to supporting Texas public schools & making charter schools more transparent & accountable to the public.

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TX should report annual spending to prevent alarming costs like:
🧱 $1m on Legos (AZ)
🧗 $350k for ninja warrior training, trampoline parks, & climbing gyms (AZ)
🎢 State funds spent on Disney & Sea World passes (FL)

Check out @sosarizona.org and @strongflschools.bsky.social for more examples!
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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In June, the Commissioner named TEA’s filter for recommending new charters: “Is this gonna be an A- or a B-campus when it runs? It’s got to be good. Period.”

See the track record among newer campuses approved by the Commissioner: osod.org/osod-testifi...
A chart of charters approved by TEA Commissioner/SBOE between 2013-2023. The header summarizes that "newer charter schools earned 35 Fs and 16 Ds out of 87 A-F academic accountability ratings (59% Ds and Fs). More than half of these charter schools were rated D or F in 2025 alone." The chart shows 10 of the 39 charters highlighted in yellow, meaning that they are already closed.
September 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM