Fort Worth ISD speaks on Hinojosa's education promises

And Governor-elect Hinojosa is promising investments and changes to education when she takes office. She even had a very direct message to the Texas Education Commissioner during her acceptance speech. And in case you have not heard on day one, I will fire my So Fort Worth ISD families are wondering if those changes will affect the recent state takeover there. Fox Sports Peyton Yeager has more on what could happen and joins us now. Peyton. Heather, Gina Hinojosa also says that she plans to halt state takeovers and potentially explore other options when it comes to schools that are underperforming. Now, what criteria it would take for a district to go back to a local control to be decided, but conversations are already happening here in Fort Worth the day after Election Day. We are taking our children's education back from a government that has failed them. A top priority governor-elect Gina Hinojosa made during her campaign, planning to replace the top official at the Texas Education Agency. The five-term state rep and former Austin ISD school board president wants to change how Texas funds and oversees its public schools. January, I will take. In the meantime, the future of Fort Worth ISD at top of mind, currently under a state takeover. State Education Commissioner Mike Morath sidelined elected board members in March and brought in an appointed board. I woke up today hopeful that we will regain local control of our school district. Fort Worth ISD trustee and elected board president Roxanne Martinez says she received a call Wednesday morning from appointed board of managers president Pete Guerin ready to collaborate through any transition. The appointed board wants to work together and do what's right for the kids. Prior to Wednesday night's special board meeting, Guerin also showed up to a news conference put on by the grassroots coalition, FORT, created in opposition to the state takeover. I've not gone anywhere during this time, and I'm ready to step up and step back in. Rena Honey is president of Alliance AFT, the union that represents thousands of Dallas educators. The mandate is to put... The money that is supposed to go into our public schools, put it there. Quit dividing it up and putting it in places that it's not necessary. In addition to calling for higher teacher pay, Hinojosa promises to undo Greg Abbott's private school voucher program. Posing a challenge, any change would require support from the Texas legislature. Although Democrats flipped the state house, the state Senate remains Republican majority. But in another boost to Democrats, state Senator Sarah Eckhart is set to be Texas's next comptroller. The first Democrat to be the state's chief financial officer in decades, vowing the $1 billion voucher program. We'll be audited. I think she will be a strong piece of the puzzle that will help us get back to where we need to be. Now, at tonight's special board meeting, the board of managers, the appointed board, didn't acknowledge or provide any details about a possible transition. But there were about 15 to 18 people who spoke during public comment today, and the majority of them asked the board of managers to not make any major decisions for the district until new state leadership in January. Heather? All right, Peyton Yeager, thank you.