2015 Latino Summit: Texas Latina/o Education and Immigration Task Forces
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Patricia D. Lopez, Ph. D (SJSU) Task Force Co-Chair Celina Moreno, J.D., M.P.P. (MALDEF) Task Force Co-Chair
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2015 Latino Summit: Texas Latina/o Education and Immigration Task Forces
- 1. Expanding the Agenda: The Texas Latina/o Education and Immigration Task Forces Patricia D. López, Ph.D. (SJSU), Task Force Co-chair Celina Moreno, J.D., M.P.P. (MALDEF), Task Force Co-chair Texas Latina/o Summit October 10, 2015
- 2. About the Task Forces Education 70 participating local, state, and national organizations and 128 bilingual teachers The Issues: Seven (7) Public Education Priorities Four (4) Higher Education Priorities Immigration 35 participating local, state, and national organizations RITA and TRUST Coalition The Issues: Texas DREAM Act Sanctuary Cities Legal Pathway to Drive DPS Accountability Methodology Surveys One-on-one discussions Group discussions Six Regional Summits
- 3. Advancing A Latina/o Education Policy Agenda: The 84th Session Access to Higher Education Top 10% Plan: HB 2472 makes permanent UT’s 75% cap Campus Carry School Finance High-Stakes Testing & Student Assessment – SB 149 Progress toward holistic student assessment and end to high-stakes testing Privatization & the Fight to Preserve Public Education Failed: Bills on vouchers, “parent trigger,” “opportunity school districts,” and expansion of failing charter schools Passed: A-F grading system; HB 1842: School sanctions and Innovation Zones
- 4. Advancing a Latina/o Immigration Policy Agenda: The 84th Session DREAM Killer Acts (in-state tuition TEXAS Grants) – SB 1819, etc. Sanctuary Cities – SB 185 Border Interstate Compact – SB 1252 E-Verify Bills – SB 374, etc. Driver’s Permit Bills – HB 4063 Gov. Abbott’s 800M Border Security Effort including HB 11 Discrimination against undocumented children with specialized health care needs - HB 2835
- 5. Latina/o Legislative Advocacy: The 84th Session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAVbMnp40M8&feature=youtu.be
- 6. Strengthening Our Infrastructure for Collective Advocacy: The 85th Session Expanding the Agenda Identifying Issues vs. Advancing Issues Think Global, Act Local Broadening Our Scope of Political Participation: The Role of Legislative Advocacy and Voting
- 7. Stay Connected, Be Engaged EDUCATION @TXLatinoEdu www.facebook.com/LatinoEducationTaskForce txlatinoedpolicy@gmail.com For Text Alerts, text @TXLatinoEd to 23559 IMMIGRATION https://www.facebook.com/Common-Sense-Immigration-Texas- 271287356243887/timeline/ 2015-16 STATEWIDE REGIONAL FORUMS
Editor's Notes
- SF – HB 3671 (Aycock) vs. HB 1759 (Walle, Gonzalez, Bernal) – Call to action Access to Public Education Curriculum - HB 4 SB 1868 – would have helped strengthen accountability system serving ELLs Grants for existing Pre-K programs (eligibility unchanged, no mandate for full-day pre-K) Current rating system replaced w/A-F grading method Proponents: Easier to understand; helps target failing schools Critics: Unfairly stigmatizes schools and does not consider or address funding disparities; Gateway to school privatization HB 1842 Allows states to impose sanctions for schools failing at least 2 consecutive years School “Innovation Zones” TTP – bills failed that would have capped TTP to 50% at all public universities; or to change law to top 8% as pool of college-eligible K-12 Latino students iincrease, we’ll continue to see pushback on TTP
- This is our framing for what “expanding the agenda” means for the Education and Immigration Task Force in the context of state-level policymaking TER TALK INTERIM CHARGES RITA: Border interstate compact, local law enforcement on border security and sanctuary cities