EL PASO — A West Texas legislator has filed a bill that could lead to prison time for manipulating and falsely reporting education data to state officials.
Sen. Jose Rodriguez of El Paso filed the bill Monday in Austin in the aftermath of the El Paso Independent School District testing scandal.
Former superintendent Lorenzo Garcia was sentenced last month to more than three years in prison for fraud. Prosecutors said Garcia participated in a conspiracy to improve test scores by removing low-performing students from classrooms.
