Quorum Report: Sen. West sets two-week deadline for agency leaders to produce a plan to address achievement gap

April 25, 2018 5:24 PM Sen. West sets two-week deadline for agency leaders to produce a plan to address achievement gap Latest figures show African-Americans trailed whites by almost 20 percent in obtaining a degree or certificate; Higher Ed Chairman Seliger raises no objections to West’s request Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, has given the leaders at three agencies two weeks to produce a plan to significantly raise the achievement of the state’s minority males. The lagging achievement of African-American and Hispanic students is a typical component of the updates Commissioners Raymund Paredes and Mike Morath present to lawmakers. By Kimberly Reeves
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