A Texas lawmaker is taking a page out of President Donald Trump's book by trying to abolish the Texas Education Agency (TEA). State Representative Andy Hopper filed a bill to eliminate the agency ...

Andy Hopper, R-District 64, filed HB 2657 to abolish the TEA and "the elimination of public school accountability and assessment systems," like ending the STAAR test. Hopper claims Texas students ...

Hopper’s bill, HB2657, filed Feb. 11, would place most functions of the TEA under the elected State Board of Education and move the public school finance component to the Texas Comptroller’s ...