AG Ken Paxton Ensures Education Accountability and Transparency by Defending State Authority to Issue Public School Performance Ratings

AG Ken Paxton Ensures Education Accountability and Transparency by Defending State Authority to Issue Public School Performance Ratings

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a unanimous victory from the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, upholding Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath’s legal authority to issue annual A to F performance ratings for Texas public schools.

“Despite state law requiring the annual issuance of A to F grades for public schools, rogue school districts have fought for years to hide their report cards,…