"Make Education a Priority"

As of Friday, 253 public school districts have adopted the “Make Education a Priority” resolution.  That’s a great start. But, we would encourage every school board across Texas to pass the resolution by their January board meeting and send it to your legislators.

Some people have asked what it means to make education a priority?  The answer is as simple as the statement: during the campaign season, candidates emphatically stated “education is a priority.” Now that campaign season is over, it’s time for our legislators to “Make Education a Priority” as they draft the state’s budget for the next two years.

The Texas Constitution requires the legislature to fund a system of public education. And, the legislature has designed the system of education we have today. With “Make Education a Priority,” we’re merely asking the legislature to fund the system of public education they created and are expecting us to implement.

If your district hasn’t done so already, pass the “Make Education a Priority” resolution at the December or January Board meeting so that when the legislative session begins in mid-January, no legislator can escape our consistent message:  “Make Education a Priority” as you debate and develop the state’s budget for the 2012-13 biennium.

Texas school districts that have adopted the resolution as of Dec. 3, 2010:


Abbott ISD  -  Academy ISD  -  Aledo ISD  -  Apple Springs ISD  -  Aransas County ISD  -  Argyle ISD  -  Avalon ISD  -  Azle ISD  -  Banquete ISD  -  Beeville ISD  -  Bellevue ISD  -  Bells ISD  -  Big Sandy ISD  -  Birdville ISD   -  Blanket ISD  -   Boerne ISD  -  Boling ISD  -  Bonham ISD  -  Brady ISD  -  Bridge City ISD  -  Bridgeport ISD  -  Brock ISD  -  Brookeland ISD  -  Brownsboro ISD  -  Brownwood ISD  -  Bryan ISD  -  Buena Vista ISD  -  Bullard ISD  -  Burkburnett ISD  -  Burkeville ISD  -  Burleson ISD  -  Burnet Consolidated ISD  -  Caddo Mills ISD  -  Calallen ISD  -  Callisburg ISD  -  Carlisle ISD  -  Carrizo Springs CISD  -  Carroll ISD  -  Carthage ISD  -  Celeste ISD  -  Center ISD  -  Center Point ISD  -  Channelview ISD  -  Charlotte ISD  -  Cherokee ISD  -  Chico ISD  -  Chireno ISD  -  Chisum ISD  -  Claude ISD  -  Clear Creek ISD  -  Clyde CISD  -  Coleman ISD  -  College Station ISD  -  Colmesneil ISD  -  Columbia-Brazoria ISD  -  Commerce ISD  -  Comstock ISD  -  Coolidge ISD  -  Cooper ISD  -  Crandall ISD  -  Crane ISD  -  Cranfills Gap ISD  -  Crockett County CCSD  -  Crosbyton CISD  -  Crowley ISD  -  Cuero ISD  -  Cumby ISD  -  Danbury ISD  -  Decatur ISD  -  Denison ISD  -  Denton ISD  -  Diboll ISD  -  Dripping Springs ISD  -  Dublin ISD  -  Duncanville ISD  -  Ector County ISD  -  Eden Consolidated ISD  -  Edgewood ISD  -  Ennis ISD  -  Eula ISD  -  Everman ISD  -  Fannindel ISD  -  Farmersville ISD  -  Farwell ISD  -  Ferris ISD  -  Fort Bend ISD  -  Frisco ISD  -  Fruitvale ISD  -  Ganado ISD  -  Garner ISD  -  Gatesville ISD  -  Gonzales ISD  -  Goose Creek CISD  -  Graford ISD  -  Graham ISD  -  Granbury ISD  -  Grand Saline ISD  -  Grape Creek ISD  -  Grapevine-Colleyville ISD  -  Greenville ISD  -  Gregory-Portland ISD  -  Gunter ISD  -  Hamlin ISD  -  Hamshire-Fannett ISD  -  Hardin ISD  -  Hardin-Jefferson ISD  -  Harleton ISD  -  Hawley ISD  -  Hemphill ISD  -  Highland Park ISD (Amarillo TX)  -  Hillsboro ISD  -  Holliday ISD  -  Hudson ISD  -  Humble ISD  -  Hutto ISD  -  Iraan-Sheffield ISD  -  Jacksonville ISD  -  Jasper ISD  -  Johnson City ISD  -  Jonesboro ISD  -  Katy ISD  -  Keller ISD  -  Kemp ISD  -  Kilgore ISD  -  Kingsville ISD  -  Kountze ISD  -  La Marque ISD  -  La Porte ISD  -  Lake Dallas ISD  -  Lamar Consolidated ISD  -  Latexo ISD  -  Lewisville ISD  -  Lingleville ISD  -  Lipan ISD  -  Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD  -  Lone Oak ISD  -  Louise ISD  -  Lovelady ISD  -  Lyford Consolidated ISD  -  Lytle ISD  -  Mabank ISD  -  Malakoff ISD  -  Marion ISD  -  Martin's Mill ISD  -  Mason ISD  -  Mathis ISD  -  Milano ISD  -  Milford ISD  -  Miller Grove ISD  -  Millsap ISD  -  Mission Consolidated ISD  -  Morton ISD  -  Moulton ISD  -  Navasota ISD  -  Nazareth ISD  -  Nederland ISD  -  Needville ISD  -  New Caney ISD  -  Newton ISD  -  Nordheim ISD  -  Northside ISD  -  Northwest ISD  -  Novice ISD  -  O'Donnell ISD  -  Olton ISD  -  Orangefield ISD  -  Overton ISD  -  Paducah ISD  -  Paint Rock ISD  -  Palmer ISD  -  Pampa ISD  -  Panhandle ISD  -  Panther Creek Consolidated ISD  -  Paradise ISD  -  Peaster ISD  -  Perrin-Whitt Consolidated ISD  -  Pflugerville ISD  -  Petersburg ISD  -  Pine Tree ISD  -  Pleasant Grove ISD  -  Port Aransas ISD  -  Port Neches-Grove ISD  -  Pottsboro ISD  -  Rains ISD  -  Ralls ISD  -  Reagan County ISD  -  Red Lick ISD  -  Red Oak ISD  -  Redwater ISD  -  Rice Consolidated ISD  -  River Road ISD  -  Robinson ISD  -  Rochelle ISD  -  Rockdale ISD  -  Round Rock ISD  -  Royse City ISD  -  Rusk ISD  -  Sabine Pass ISD  -  Sam Rayburn ISD  -  San Augustine ISD  -  San Felipe-Del CISD  -  San Saba ISD  -  Sanford-Fritch ISD  -  Santo ISD  -  Savoy ISD  -  Schulenburg ISD  -  Seymour ISD  -  Sharyland ISD  -  Shelbyville ISD  -  Sheldon ISD  -  Silsbee ISD  -  Skidmore-Tynan ISD  -  Smithville ISD  -  South Texas ISD  -  Southland ISD  -  Southside ISD  -  Springtown ISD  -  Spur ISD  -  Spurger ISD  -  Stamford ISD  -  Stephenville ISD  -  Sterling City ISD  -  Sunnyvale ISD  -  Sweetwater ISD  -  Tahoka ISD  -  Thorndale ISD  -  Throckmoton ISD  -  Tolar ISD  -  Trenton ISD  -  Trinity ISD  -  Tulia ISD  -  Valley View ISD  -  Van Alstyne ISD  -  Van ISD  -  Vernon ISD  -  Vidor ISD  -  Warren ISD  -  Waskom ISD  -  Weatherford ISD  -  West Orange-Cove CISD  -  West Oso ISD  -  West Sabine ISD  -  Westwood ISD  -  White Settlement ISD  -  Whitesboro ISD  -  Whitewright ISD  -  Wichita Falls ISD  -  Wills Point  ISD  -  Windthorst ISD  -  Woden ISD  -  Wylie ISD  -  Ysleta ISD  -  Zavalla ISD