Louisiana school teachers displaced to Texas by Hurricane Katrina could soon have jobs one state over. The Texas Education Agency is making special accommodations to allow retirees and displaced Louisiana teachers into classrooms.
Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley says that in the coming days and weeks she expects as many as 70,000 evacuee students to enroll in Texas schools.
More than 6,000 such students enrolled in Texas schools last week.
The Texas Board for Educator Certification today approved a measure that would expedite application and background checks on potential teachers.
Teaching certification records in Louisiana, which were kept online, were spared from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.
Applications fees will be waived for Louisiana teachers looking for similar employment in Texas.
About 200 children from New Orlreans started school at Our Lady of Mercy School in Baton Rouge. Alexis Keppel, 6, raises her hand in her first grade classroom. At right is her cousin Emily Gioe. September 6, 2005
Kaitlin Folse, 7, hugs her mother, Pam Folse, while waiting at Dutchtown Primary School to register for class on Tuesday. In all the family had five children to register from class after being displaced from their home in Metairie.
I don't know about having those NO teachers working in Texas schools...
That might not fly...you know in Dallas, the principals and teachers are being required to be bi-lingual, but I don't think they mean English and CAJUN>....LOLOL