Burt Levine, Dr. Alma Allen and Sandra Levine

Burt Levine, Dr. Alma Allen and Sandra Levine

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Dr. Alma Allen: A Lifetime Champion for Texas Public Education Turns 86 – Still Fighting for Our Children

In the Texas House of Representatives, where history and hard-fought policy battles echo through its chambers, one voice has remained fiercely consistent, compassionate, and committed for two decades — that of Dr. Alma A. Allen. On Monday, April 7th, the ever-formidable Representative Allen turned 86 years young, celebrating not with a quiet day of reflection, but in her signature fashion — on the House floor, vigorously advocating for the rights and futures of 5.5 million Texas school children