Two years ago, the Houston Independent School District began offering the SAT free during class time.

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Michael Hinojosa, superintendent at Dallas Independent School District, said the federal money could offset some of the cuts he is considering.

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Officials emphasized that school closures are ultimately local decisions, which Superintendent Al Hambrick at the Sherman Independent School District in North Texas also stresses.

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The new identification policy at the Northside Independent School District (NISD) in San Antonio, Texas, began at the start of the 2012 school year.

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Last week, the board of Austin Independent School District declared a "financial exigency, " a move that will allow it to lay off more than 1, 000 teachers.

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It started with my job as a first year assistant principal at Charlotte Ann Cox Elementary School in Leander Independent School District (LISD) in Cedar Park, Texas.

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They studied bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District and found that native-Spanish speakers were at or above grade level in English and Spanish in first grade through fifth grade.

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In Laredo, Texas, school officials are considering asking next year's seniors to sign a contract agreeing graduation ceremonies are a privilege that can be revoked for bad behavior, said Veronica Castillon, a spokeswoman for the Laredo Independent School District.

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Lago Vista Independent School District.

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