Welcome to the Westchester Academy for International Studies PTA (WAIS PTA) - we are so glad you found us! Our PTA has been doing great work the last few years and we love a new challenge and are always ready to roll up our sleeves and get started. We hope you will join us in supporting our students, faculty, staff, and programs! Please explore the site and if you can't find what you are looking for let us know - we are always open to new ideas and feedback. 

You can contact us at, president@waispta.org 

 Click HERE to Join the PTA  

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 Haga clic AQUI para unirse a la PTA  

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House Bill 2- Comments on the bill are accepted until the committee adjourns that day (March 6). COMMENT NOW!

 

We continue to advocate to keep our public schools funded and we are focusing in requesting for a bigger increase to the Basic Allotment.  In the current HB2, a $220 increase is included, however an increase of $500 will have more impact, especially in SBISD.  

 

Some major provisions of HB 2 include:

• Basic allotment (BA) increase to $6,380 from $6,160 per student ($3.2 billion)
  40% (up from 30%) of any BA increase must be used for staff salary increases (this is why a $220 bump would have little to no effect in the classroom)
• Increases to the small and midsized allotments ($1.1 billion)
• Intensity-based special education funding and additional special education allotment funding ($1.8 billion)
• Creation of a $1,000-per-initial-SPED evaluation allotment
• Requirement to hire certified teachers for foundation curriculum courses
• Prohibition against schools using districts of innovation law as an exemption from requirements regarding hiring certified teachers and notifying parents about classes taught by uncertified teachers
• Grant funding to expand pre-k, fine arts, high school career advising, and other programs ($1.5 billion)
• Increased teacher compensation through the Teacher Incentive Allotment ($750 million)
• Additional state aid to address regional property & casualty insurance costs

NOW is the time to provide your written testimony (online testimony opportunity will close when the committee hearing adjourns). Please include dollar amounts of where SBISD has funding gaps (see example below). Also, please be sure to state you are a part of the Spring Branch ISD community.

The link to make comments is included here: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c400

Comments on the bill are accepted until the committee adjourns that day (March 6). COMMENT NOW!

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The WAIS PTA is so grateful to our Corporate and Family Sponsors this year! Your generosity provides funds to continue growing and running our existing programs while also supporting our students, faculty, and campus! You truly set the example of a community that is invested in the future!

REGISTER TODAY TO BE AN SBISD VOLUNTEER FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR

Click here for the volunteer application: English / Spanish.

Regístrese para ser un voluntario en SBISD para el año escolar 2024-25

Haga clic aquí para accesar la aplicación de voluntario: Ingles / Español.

  This website is your resource for finding PTA information from how to join and sponsor, to volunteer opportunities and spirit wear to meeting minutes and budget decisions.  Some content is restricted to members of WAIS PTA. To join, click the link above.  If you already joined in person (thank you!) and are struggling with access, please contact us at president@waispta.org