TEA could take over Houston ISD next week, Mayor Sylvester Turner says [View all]

HOUSTON — The Texas Education Agency's long-threatened takeover of HISD was not on Wednesday's Houston City Council meeting agenda, but it took up most of the discussion.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the TEA could take over Houston ISD as early as next week, according to his sources with the state legislature.

“The state is overreaching on this issue,” he said during the city council meeting.

Turner said the takeover will totally obliterate local control. He also said HISD Board of Trustees and Superintendent Millard House II could be replaced.

The news of the TEA taking over HISD is not all that surprising. The TEA first launched its takeover efforts in 2019 due to perpetually failing schools. Not to mention, alleged misconduct by certain trustees.

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