The Texas Education Agency's Takeover of Wheatley High School

In 2015, the state legislature in Texas passed a law that added another criteria for these types of takeovers. It's actually more related to academic performance based on standardized tests and student outcomes after graduation. So what that 2015 state law said was if one campus, one single school, an entire district fails to meet state standards for a certain number of years, the Texas Education Agency has a few options. As far as I'm concerned, this is a hostile takeover. You've got elected leaders. The state says, no, we don't want these guys. We want our guys. Why is that legal? Yeah, so in Texas, it's been legal for a while for school boards to