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Texas Standard For July 17, 2020
For many school districts: competing mandates from state leaders and local health officials leaving teachers parents and kids in limbo. Our conversation with superintendent of El Paso ISD on the practical challenges of reopening public schools. And: More on a newly unveiled proposal to cut $130 million from state health services as the coronavirus fight continues. Also: Five years after the death of Sandra Bland, the mark she left at her alma mater, and on a movement. Plus: The week in politics with the Texas Tribune and much more today on the Texas Standard:
Dan Fassnacht
Texas Standard digital producer/reporter Caroline Covington works from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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