Houstonians are outraged after Texas announced plans to take over their independent school district. The move is being seen as an

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1. The Texas Education Agency is removing the democratically elected school board and superintendent from Houston Independent School District.2. The district has pushed back and sued, but the Texas Supreme Court ruled in January that the agency could move forward with its plan to take over the district.3. The far-reaching decision has put the agency in the spotlight, with supporters saying the state needed to fix the district's entrenched problems and opponents noting that Houston ISD has made improvements in the years since the lawsuit against TEA started.

example of how the state is seizing control of local education policy and bypassing democratic processes," Kravetz said in a statement. Houston ISD to be taken over by state, largest such takeover in agency's history

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