Principal association: Texas school administrators’ intense job demands put voter registration low on priority list

Texas principals have enough on their plates, and asking the state for voter registration forms shouldn’t be another job responsibility, according to a statewide voice for high school principals. Archie McAfee, executive director of the Texas Association of Secondary Principals, shared his thoughts Friday after the Texas Civil Rights Project released a report that found many high schools in the state are not complying with a more-than-30-year-old law that requires principals to request these forms for eligible students at least twice a year. “It’s not that principals aren’t civic-minded,” McAfee said from his office in Austin. “They’re saddled with graduation rates, […]

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