TEA Autism Related Grants
ISDs and charters can apply soon for TEA administered grants that seek to increase the…
Month: January 2024
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TEA Releases 2023 Annual Report
The TEA has just released its 15-page 2023 Annual Report that provides high level summaries…
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TEA: 467 ISDs and Charters Failed to Spend State-Law Required Special Allotment Minimums
The TEA sent notices to 467 ISDs and charters during Fiscal Year 2023 — that…
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Garland ISD Can’t Block Building Contractor’s $1.1M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit
Ruling: An ISD lacks legal immunity protections from being sued for breach of contract by…
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Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest Seeks Entries from All Age Groups
The 2024 Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest is accepting entries from all age groups…
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Texas Leadership Scholars Program Offers “Full-Ride” College Scholarships
The Texas Leadership Scholars program is seeking applicants for its Fall 2024 cohort. The application…
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Texas Launches New Respiratory Virus Online Info Tools
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) this week launched new online tools to…
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“Anti-Vax” Texas Parents Can’t Sue Feds Over Allowing Children to be Vaccinated Against COVID
Ruling: Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency decisions that children as young as 6…
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Texas Alternative Fueling Facilities Program Grants
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced today that applications for Alternative Fueling Facilities…
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Texas AG Answers a Question about School Marshals
Opinion No. KP-0454: A court would likely conclude that a school board could adopt regulations to authorize uniformed school marshals to “duty belt carry” a handgun.
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State to Award $8.4 Million to Local Governmental Entities for Cybersecurity Projects
A total of $8.4 million will be awarded to local governmental entities to fund cybersecurity…
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Feds Say Law Enforcement’s “Cascading Failures” During and After Robb Elementary Mass Shooting Cost Lives
The U.S. Justice Department this morning issued a scathing 575-page report detailing the numerous failures…
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Fifth Circuit Panel Reinstates Injunction Blocking Texas From Enforcing School Library Book Ratings Law
Texas, for now, can’t enforce the part of a controversial new law that calls for…
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School Health Program Website Updates
School health related announcements by the Department of State Health Services and Texas Health and Human Services.
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TASB 2023-24 Teacher Salary Survey Highlights
A total of 543 (53 percent) of 1,019 ISDs that are Texas Association of School…
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TWC Launches “MyTxCareer” App to Connect Texans with Career Pathways
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) just launched a new mobile app to help Texans explore…
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Texas Students Encouraged to Enter National Geographic’s “Slingshot Challenge” Video Contest
Texas A&M Agrilife and its affiliated Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) invite Texas students and…
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“Take Care of Texas” Kids Art Contest
“Recycling” is the theme of this year’s Take Care of Texas Kids Art Contest sponsored…
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EPA Awards $379M to 19 Texas ISDs for 164 Electric School Buses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced (via this web page) that 19 Texas…
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Caribbean Cruises Among Prizes in K-to-6 “Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest”
The grand prize winner in this annual General Land Office (GLO) contest will receive, in…
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Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Ratings Lawsuit Pushed to Feb. 9
A state appeals court has granted an “unopposed” motion that extends — from Jan. 9…
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Texas AG Asked to Clarify “Over 65/Disabled” Property Tax Exemption Provision
Asking the state attorney general (AG) to clarify how the maximum taxable values for Texans with “over 65/disabled” homestead exemptions are to be calculated.
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