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State House District 37 sees 453% hike in homeschooling over two decades

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The district represented by state Rep. Alex Dominguez (D-Brownsville) saw a 453% increase in the number of seventh- through 12th-graders leaving public school campuses for homeschooling between 1997 and 2019, according to Texas Education Agency data.

On a year-over-year basis, that represents a 8.5% hike in students leaving the public schools for homeschooling, the TEA data indicates.

The trend in House District 37 mirrors what has been happening in other districts around the state, the TEA reports. Over this time period, transfers from public schools to homeschooling in Texas rose 228%, while at the same time public school enrollment went up only 41%, the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) reported.

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, the number of students leaving Texas public schools to be homeschooled stood at nearly 23,000, according to the TEA. And the THSC expects the 2020 numbers to show that withdrawals from the public system to homeschooling are continuing at a record-breaking pace.

To help the state to better adapt to the rise in homeschooling, some state legislators have introduced legislation to allow home-schooled children to take part in the University Interscholastic League, which provides activities including sports, music and debate teams

The homeschooling trends dovetail with data from a Texas 2036 report that concluded 242,000 fewer students were enrolled in Texas public schools in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic compared to the previous year. That represents a year-over-year drop of 4%, according to the report.

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Homeschooling Withdrawals by State House District

State House DistrictRepresentative2018-2019 Withdrawals1997-2019 WithdrawalsWithdrawal Totals for Last 5 YearsCompound Annual Growth Rate1997-2019 Growth Rate
49Gina Hinojosa4745,8982,50526.7%14274%
42Richard Peña Raymond1581,31980220.0%4688%
36Sergio Muñoz, Jr.3873,3861,83717.5%2832%
41Bobby Guerra3542,7761,36615.7%2046%
51Eddie Rodriguez3295,2471,78314.7%1668%
46Sheryl Cole6419,9424,22111.7%919%
50Celia Israel7339,8143,73411.6%907%
128Briscoe Cain56511,3422,84210.9%776%
33Justin Holland3073,9781,40610.7%746%
129Dennis Paul4929,3772,28210.5%708%
56Charles Anderson1853,41591810.4%702%
97Craig Goldman4035,6061,80910.4%700%
74Eddie Morales Jr.2242,3867969.5%578%
9Chris Paddie7734,8121,5718.9%494%
48Donna Howard6018,6833,0098.7%476%
84John Frullo2743,0711,1588.7%473%
39Armando Martinez2641,8689628.6%462%
6Matt Schaefer3745,2281,8538.5%454%
37Alex Dominguez1161,3115888.5%453%
52James Talarico6557,9273,0528.4%442%
Source: Texas Education Agency

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