Last week, we released the Texas House public education report cards. On the whole, the Texas House earned an 86 in (not joking) the 86th Session of the Texas Legislature. Lots of legislators earning A's, supporting public ed. How will the Texas Senate stack up? Let's see #txlege
Carol Alvarado - Senate District 6 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Paul Bettencourt - Senate District 7 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Brian Birdwell - Senate District 22 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Dawn Buckingham - Senate District 24 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Donna Campbell - Senate District 25 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Brandon Creighton - Senate District 4 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Pat Fallon - Senate District 30 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
We promise, there is more than one Texas Senator who earned a passing grade for public education in the 86th Session. Bu, when you think back on the session, it was the Texas House who was moving on public ed. Everyone was holding their breath, thinking the Senate could kill HB3.
Pete Flores - Senate District 19 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Bob Hall - Senate District 2 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Kelly Hancock - Senate District 9 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa - Senate District 20 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
See. We told you there was another passing grade 👆 And there are more to come. Just not these next two.
Joan Huffman - Senate District 17 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Bryan Hughes - Senate District 1 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Nathan Johnson - Senate District 16 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Lois Kolkhorst - Senate District 18 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Eddie Lucio Jr - Senate District 27 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Jose Menendez - Senate District 26 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Borris Miles - Senate District 13 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Jane Nelson - Senate District 12 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Robert Nichols - Senate District 3 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Angela Paxton - Senate District 8 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Charles Perry - Senate District 28 earned an F for Public Education in this Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Beverly Powell - Senate District 10 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Jose Rodriguez - Senate District 29 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Charles Schwertner - Senate District 5 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Kel Seliger - Senate District 31 earned a B for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Larry Taylor - Senate District 11 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Kirk Watson - Senate District 14 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Royce West - Senate District 23 earned a C for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
John Whitmire - Senate District 15 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Judith Zaffirini - Senate District 21 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
The Texas Senate in the 86th earned a 65 overall. That's a D. Yes, every member voted for at least one pro public education bill, allowing them to claim "I'm pro public ed". The scores tell the story.
11 A's - 35%
1 B - 3%
1 C - 3%
0 D's - 0%
18 F's - 58%
#txed #EarnedNotGiven
We’ve been told there are some tweets from this thread showing up as “Unavailable” for some reason. So, we will be re-adding those missing. We want to make sure everyone can see their Texas State Senator grades on support for public education.
Pete Flores - Senate District 19 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Bob Hall - Senate District 2 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Kelly Hancock - Senate District 9 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Joan Huffman - Senate District 17 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Bryan Hughes - Senate District 1 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Borris Miles - Senate District 13 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Jane Nelson - Senate District 12 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Robert Nichols - Senate District 3 earned an F for Public Education I the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Angela Paxton - Senate District 8 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Beverly Powell - Senate District 10 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Jose Rodriguez - Senate District 29 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Charles Schwertner- Senate District 5 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Larry Taylor - Senate District 11 earned an F for Public Education in the 86th Session #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Kirk Watson - Senate District 14 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Judith Zaffirini - Senate District 21 earned an A for Public Education in the 86th Session! #txed #EarnedNotGiven
Ok, that should have all the ones we were told about back in the thread. Let us know if something is still missing.
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