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On his first day in power, Mike Miles told the Houston Chronicle his only agenda was to serve the children of HISD. Since then, close to thousands of certified teachers have fled. Wraparound services are gone. Books were pulled from classrooms. Students were blocked from taking the most rigorous courses so test scores would look better on paper. 

This is not about kids. It’s about control. The public didn’t ask for this, and no state law requires it to go on.

The truth is the takeover can end at any time.

State law outlines what triggers a takeover, but says nothing about how it ends. The “exit” criteria were invented by one man: Governor Abbott’s unelected commissioner, Mike Morath, drawn from thin air, not from the law. His exit criteria are:

• No HISD school can receive two consecutive years of D or F ratings. This is a more stringent exit criterion than what got HISD taken over in the first place.
• Special Education Compliance: HISD must meet all special education timelines, reduce complaints, show student progress, and pass state audits. The problems with Special Education services in Texas began with TEA enforcing an arbitrary 8.5% cap on special education services from 2004-2016.
• Improved Board Governance: The HISD board must show improved governance focused on student outcomes. To exit, the board must use the TEA’s deeply flawed Lone Star Board Governance framework. 

In 2026, let’s elect a governor who will appoint a better TEA commissioner. Let’s elect legislators who believe in public schools,end takeover laws, and fix Texas’ broken accountability system.

VOTE this YEAR too!

This fall’s board races are critical. If Miles’ loyalists, extremists, or the easily bamboozled win, our kids lose. Come to the CVPE HISD & Cy-Fair endorsement meeting on Aug 23. [RSVP here.]