The top local stories this morning from KERA News: A Dallas city council committee will meet this morning to discuss the city’s homeless problem.
Among the topics - what happened to the people of Tent City, the homeless encampment under Interstate 45 near downtown. The city shut it down back in May. Since then, 75 homeless people who lived there have been moved into transitional apartments, private housing, or emergency shelters.
But the problem didn’t end there. Today’s meeting will discuss the number of new homeless camps in Dallas. Another so-called “Tent City” has sprung up near I-30 and Haskell, not far from the State Fairgrounds.
The city manager’s proposed budget for homeless assistance next year is about 16 million dollars, up from about 12 million last year. That money will provide additional case workers, support services, and homeless camp cleanups.
Other stories this morning:
- A committee of scholars will release a report on a whether controversial Mexican-American studies textbook is suitable for Texas public schools.
- A new report has found the Dallas school district had the most chronically absent students in the state from the 2013-2014 school year.
- Transgender issues in schools have dominated headlines recently. That leaves educators scrambling for information on the best ways to help students.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
