FORT WORTH, Texas — A decision on a potential state takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District is expected in the "coming months" Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said Friday after the release of new A-F school accountability ratings .

Fort Worth ISD faces a potential state takeover after one of the district's schools, Leadership Academy at Forest Oak 6th Grade, maintained an unacceptable rating for five consecutive years, according to the 2023 TEA A-F ratings, which, under state law, triggers mandatory closure or the possibility of a state-appointed board .

"You cannot have a situation where an entire generation of children are left to languish without even a modicum of an effective education, and Fort Worth, unfortunately, has reached that milestone at one of

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