Even if the state takes over, they're still required to follow state laws. What you're talking about violates several of them here.

1. Happens frequently in inner city and small schools.

2. At the middle school level, this already happens in many schools. Just saying.

3. That depends entirely upon campus leadership. They may see no benefit in putting an untrained person in a math class.

4. More than half the teachers hired in Texas annually aren't certified.

5. Duty schedules are determined by campus leadership. Can't make a blanket statement.

6. This is common regardless of state takeover. I regularly have to give up a planning period to attend an ARD.

7. Most of the time when a classroom teacher is covering another class, there is extra pay involved.

8. They cannot reduce your salary if your contract has already been signed. That's a violation of federal law. And no one - NO ONE - is taking a job at an F-grade campus for less than Texas minimum teacher salary. Paras in large districts make better pay than state base.

9. I already have 30-something APs micromanaging my classroom. So does everyone else.