How to Testify at a Public Hearing
HB 4, the assessment & accountability bill, will be heard on Tuesday, April 29. This will take place as students across the state continue to take the STAAR Test, and the Texas Education Agency...
Advocacy Advice from Texas Legislators and Tips for Successful Testimony
Seven Texas school district superintendents and school board trustees traveled to Austin this month to continue their advocacy journey and training in the Trustee Advocates Program. Participants spent time at the Capitol hearing first-hand...
House Committee Substitute Senate Bill 8 Verbal and Written Testimony by Dr. Michelle Smith
Raise Your Hand Texas was invited to provide testimony on Monday, May 15, 2023, Texas House Committee on Public Education Hearing on Senate Bill 8. Michelle Smith Ph.D., Raise Your Hand’s executive director, is...
Senate Bill 9 Written Testimony by JoLisa Hoover
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Education Hearing on May 9, 2023, regarding Senate Bill 9. Raise Your Hand Texas will...
House Bill 4340 Written Testimony by Dr. Michelle Smith
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas House Committee on Public Education Hearing on April 11, 2023, regarding House Bill 4340. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue...
Raise Your Hand Texas’ Bob Popinski Testifies on House Bill 100
Raise Your Hand Texas provides the following public testimony in response to the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Education Hearing on April 4, 2023, regarding House Bill 100. Raise Your Hand Texas...
Senate Bill 9 Written Testimony by Max Rombado
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas Senate Education Committee Hearing on March 22, 2023, regarding Senate Bill 9. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue to keep...
Senate Bill 8 Written Testimony by Dr. Michelle Smith
Raise Your Hand Texas submitted the following written testimony in response to the Texas Senate Education Committee Hearing on March 22, 2023, regarding Senate Bill 8. Raise Your Hand Texas will continue to keep...
Raise Your Hand Texas testifies on Texas Teacher Workforce Crisis
AUSTIN, TX (September 20, 2022) – Raise Your Hand Texas was invited to provide testimony on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, before the Joint House Higher Education and Public Education Committees on the impact of the...
