Education Policy

Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition

The Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC) is a collaborative of organizations and individuals with the mission to improve the quality of public education for all children, with a focus on racial equity. We advocate for fair funding, teaching quality, high-quality curriculum and instructional practices, quality bilingual education for English learners, and enhanced college access and success. The coalition convenes organizations and individuals who advocate in the interest of public school students at the local, state and national levels.

The coalition (originally called the Texas Latino Education Coalition), was organized in 2001 to focus specifically on critical educational issues in Texas and improve the state of education for Latino students in public schools. In 2019, the coalition expanded and adopted a name change to reflect the goals of its diverse member organizations.

Its education agenda is framed around key target issues, each with an overarching vision for schools in Texas.

  • Advocate Meaningful Assessment and Fair Accountability
  • Invest in Public School Students
  • Promote Quality Bilingual Education
  • Prepare All Students for College Readiness and Success
  • Promote Educational Equity in All Aspects of Student Learning

Contact: Chloe Latham Sikes, Ph.D., IDRA (chloe.sikes@idra.org), or Jaime Puente, M.A., Every Texan (puente@everytexan.org), for more information.


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See TLEEC Policy Agenda for the 2023 Legislative Session – Third Special Session

See TLEEC Policy Agenda for the 2023 Legislative Session (English)(Español)

See TLEEC Statements and Testimony from 2023

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Follow TLEEC on social media: @TxTLEEC


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To be a part of TLEEC, complete the TLEEC New Member Form


Members of TLEEC

ARISE Adelante

Asian Texans for Justice

Austin Justice Coalition

Big Thought

Black Parents and Families Collective

Breakthrough Central Texas

Children at Risk

Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

Culturingua

Dr. Hector P. García G.I. Forum

Easterseals Central Texas

Educators in Solidarity (EIS)

Ethnic Studies Network of Texas (ESNTX)

Every Texan

Houston Community Voices for Public Education

IDRA

McNeil Educational Foundation for Ecumenical Leadership

Measure

Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Mexican American School Board Members Association (MASBA)

National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) – Tejas Foco

San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

SEAT (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)

Southwest Region Youth Legislative Action Center

Texas American Federation of Teachers

Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE)

Texas Association for Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE)

Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (TADOHE)

Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC)

Texas Center for Education Policy at the University of Texas – Austin

Texas Hispanics Organized for Political Education (HOPE)

Texas League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Texas NAACP

Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA)

The Arc of Texas

UnidosUS (formerly known as NCLR)

UP Partnership


History

At the Texas Capitol in 2001, the Intercultural Development Research Association convened a group of organizations and individuals for the founding event of the Texas Latino Education Coalition. Representing thousands of Texans, founding member organizations included: IDRA, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Mexican American School Board Members Association, League of United Latin American Citizens, among many others.

The core group framed the education agenda for the coalition based on trends and historical inequities in public education. Members recognized that while overall test scores for school districts were rising, growing numbers of schools, especially those serving poor and minority students: (1) did not have adequate financial resources and support to provide quality education; (2) were losing students to attrition; and (3) were set up to provide little or no information for accessing colleges and succeeding in higher education. Founding members agreed that it was a crucial time to unite efforts through a statewide coalition to take aggressive steps to ensure a brighter future for our children.

TLEEC’s founding mission would be to improve public education for Latino children, which will impact the quality of education for all children, focusing specifically on fair funding, teaching quality, school holding power, and college access and success. And it would serve as a collaborative of organizations and individuals who advocate the rights of Latinos at the local, state and national levels.

Today, TLEEC is moving its agenda forward by creating and executing strategies that educate the media, inform public policy at state and local levels, mobilize communities, and synthesize and disseminate information.

See TLEEC Statements and Testimony from 2021 and 2022

See TLEC/TLEEC Statements and Testimony from Previous Sessions

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