Public school officials in Austin were alarmed when the Texas Education Agency installed a "conservatorship" in the Houston Independent School District on March 15 – an extreme measure that TEA can take to deal with a school district it deems to be performing poorly. When putting a district in conservatorship, the agency can assume control of a district's budget, make decisions on school closures, and set policies on curricula, among other things. In HISD's case, TEA dismissed the district's board of trustees and superintendent, taking control of the district from its elected officials.

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