AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called on the state’s senators Thursday to draft a new long-range plan to boost education performance in Texas schools and universities.
In remarks prepared for a United Negro College Fund benefit Thursday in Grapevine, Dewhurst called for a review of “Closing the Gaps 2015,” a program developed in 2000 that has guided education policy in Texas. He said Texas has made great progress since 2000 and that lawmakers should review the successes and develop a new road map for the next 15 years.