Marc Veasey
10/27/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/28/2025 12:40
Congressman Veasey Releases Statement on Fort Worth ISD Takeover by TEA
Fort Worth, TX - Congressman Veasey released the following statement in regards the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) announced takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District (Fort Worth ISD):
"Let's be clear: this takeover has nothing to do with improving the lives of low-income, children in Fort Worth ISD. This hostile takeover is about one thing: paving the way for underperforming charter schools and private school vouchers to dominate public education in Fort Worth.
As a Member of Congress, my job is to work with our city to strengthen neighborhoods. The school district's job is to educate our kids. But it is not the job of politicians to play educator - ever.
This is 100% about politics. And if I'm wrong, then show just one initiative from the governor's office that's actually helping communities of color anywhere in Texas.
And let's talk about hypocrisy. If these same folks are so worried about student performance in southeast Fort Worth, then where were they when the BIG UGLY BILL passed? That bill stripped Fort Worth families of health care and the ability to put food on the table. You think test scores and attendance won't suffer when parents are choosing between groceries and medicine?
I didn't hear a single word from Gov. Abbott, the TEA, or any of these so-called "education reformers" about how the BIG UGLY BILL would devastate the families I represent.
It's past time for an honest community conversation about what's really going on here with the TEA and our governor."
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