Texas - As cheating on state exams continues to rise in Texas, more is in the works to prevent it from happening.
The Texas Education Agency is preparing to ask the legislature for one million dollars to help.
A request has already been sent to lawmakers saying funding is needed to "create a special investigations unit that would be in charge of reviewing reports that suggest serious testing irregularities" or other security violations involving the new STAAR test.
The TEA would says funding would also be used to resume audits of randomly selected schools, this is a practice that was discontinued because of funding cuts imposed on the agency.
Over the past five years there have been more than 40 teachers and administrators across the state who were sanctioned for violations.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row.
OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.
In Amarillo, TxDOT construction crews will be out again starting Monday, fixing up a few roadways around town, which means there are a few lane closures drivers will want to know about.
In Amarillo, TxDOT construction crews will be out again starting Monday, fixing up a few roadways around town, which means there are a few lane closures drivers will want to know about.
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.
Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.
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