Houston Independent School District, Texas

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The Houston Independent School District is one of the public school districts in Texas. The District based in Houston, Texas.

[edit] Website evaluation

[edit] The bad

• The district doesn't post campaign finance reports for school board trustees and candidates for those positions on its website.^[1]

[edit] Superintendent Salary

According to records received through the Texas Public Information Act, Houston ISD has one of the top ten highest paid school superintendents in the state. Abelardo Saavedra received $314,554 in base pay for the 2007/08 year.^[2]

[edit] Lobbying

Main article: Texas taxpayer-funded lobbying

The school district belongs to the Texas School Alliance and the Texas Association of School Administrators, both taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.^{[3] [4] [5]}

[edit] See also

• List of Texas school districts
• Texas School Alliance membership list
• Texas Association of School Administrators membership list

[edit] External links

• The Official Website of the Houston Independent School District

[edit] References

1. ↑ Houston Chronicle, "School campaign reports offline", July 26, 2008
2. ↑ 2007-2008 Texas Superintendent Salaries
3. ↑ Texas School Alliance, 2007-2008 Directory
4. ↑ TASA Executive Committee
5. ↑ TASA Legislative Committee

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