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TEA ratings for area schools

By Melissa Cantu Trevino mtrevino@cherryroad.com The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released its 2021-2022 accountability rating for area school districts and their campuses. Schools are rated on several topics including reading, mathematics, comparative academic growth, postsecondary readiness, and more.

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Texas Comptroller’s Office selects LightBox to develop broadband availability map

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today announced his agency has selected data company LightBox to develop the state’s broadband availability map. The map will help the Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office (BDO) determine where to invest public funding in areas most in need of broadband connectivity as it implements the Texas Broadband Plan.

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Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $101.6M in funding for Texas projects

Recently, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $101.6 million to support six projects in Texas from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to help move forward on projects that modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, and intermodal transportation and make our transportation systems safer, more accessible, more affordable, and more sustainable.

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