Levi Fuller, the new Inspector General for Educator Misconduct at the Texas Education Agency, is outlining his plans to crack down on cases of things like sexual abuse at Texas public schools—an issue that has been gaining more and more public attention for years.
Fuller recently spoke about his plans with Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George, and according to reporting on that discussion from The Texas Scorecard, the three-part plan prioritizes transparency, accountability, and proactive prevention of misconduct.
The plan is already being praised by activists like Corey DeAngelis, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation and prominent school choice activist. “I think it’s a huge step in the right direction,” he said. “We’ve seen too many examples of educator sexual misconduct in Texas public schools. And it’s also not just a Texas problem. We’ve seen this nationwide.”
DeAngelis is particularly supportive of the transparency efforts, like the new planned dashboard which will display public data on misconduct investigations. “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said. “If people know there is a sexual abuser in their system, parents are going to hold that system accountable.”
He went on to call out the years-long habit of schools simply allowing an employee under investigation to quietly resign and then go work at another district, and says these efforts would help address that.