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‘Teachers play a critical role’: Greg Abbott task force to look at staffing shortages

By Heather Hamilton
Published March 8, 2022 5:18pm ET
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‘Teachers play a critical role’: Greg Abbott task force to look at staffing shortages
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott adjusts his mask after giving an update on the categories of medical surge facilities and how it effects Level 5 of maintaining staffed beds during a press conference at Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. | (RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL / AMERICAN-STATESMAN/AP)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the immediate creation of a task force that would look into and address school staffing shortages.

Abbott directed Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath to look into teacher shortages and develop strategies to address the need in a letter sent Monday.

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