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The Price of Failure: How school districts pay to avoid state takeovers
41 minutes Posted Feb 22, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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A WFAA investigation uncovered a little known, but increasingly common attempt for school districts to avoid a state takeover: outsourcing failing campuses to third-party operators. In exchange for millions of dollars, the state gives a district more time, while superintendents and school boards keep their jobs. Could it come for your school? What do we know about the company that has benefitted the most? And why do critics call it privatization by another name? WFAA reporter Cole Sullivan explains it all to the Jasons over a pint at Community Beer in Dallas, and answers whether the program is even working at all.
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Cole Sullivan, WFAA Reporter