Common Core Loophole in Texas Home Rule / Local Rule Legislation
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | April 2, 2015 Education Views
A home-rule initiative to convert the entire Dallas ISD into a charter school district was launched in 2014 with support from powerful politicians and wealthy backers. But the public did not buy the idea. Even Bob Weiss, chairman of the home-rule commission charged with preparing a charter, opposed home rule because he said it would “…undermine people’s democratic rights.”