$ / School Finance / TRS
State Auditor: TRS’ CIO earned $773,568 in Incentive Pay for the 2023 “Plan Year”
State auditor’s latest report on employee incentive compensation for TRS, PSF and ERS.
Month: August 2024
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Texas A&M AgriLife’s Teen Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, through a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation, has a campaign, Watch UR BAC, to teach Texans about the…
$ / Home Schools / UIL
UIL: 44 ISDs and Charters Will Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their School Year 2024-25 League Activities
The UIL this week posted a list (see below) of the 44 public school districts (ISDs and charters) whose governing boards have thus far approved…
Texas ACLU Launches Redesigned K-12 Focused “Students’ Rights Hub”
The Texas ACLU today launched its redesigned Students’ Rights Hub to address what the organization says are major civil rights issues facing K-12 public school…
$ / School Safety / TEA
TEA: 87% of Public School Campuses Passed their “Intruder Detection Audit” in School Year 2023-24
School facility security audits found no problems with 7,293 (87 percent) of the state’s 8,382 campuses during the 2023-24 school year, the TEA concludes in…
$ / Courts / School Boards
Edcouch-Elsa ISD Doesn’t have to Pay Consultants who Helped in Securing Grants Totaling about $8 Million
Ruling: A superintendent’s misstep means that an ISD that was awarded grants totaling about $8 million doesn’t have to pay the consultants who helped the district secure the grants.
TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024
The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) announced today that the Burkburnett, Corpus Christi, Donna, Klein and Grand Prairie ISD school boards were named 2024…
Survey: 65 Percent of TSTA’s Teacher Members Considered Quitting as School Year 2023-24 Drew to an End
Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) teacher members responding to the association’s biennial survey — during late spring and early summer…
TEA Rules Update
New rural schools initiative and safe/secure school facilities.
Appeals Court Dismisses Property Tax Lawsuit Lyford CISD and 16 Taxpayers Filed Against South Texas ISD
Ruling: Property owners in a three-county area must continue to pay ad valorem taxes to both their “home” school districts and to South Texas ISD.
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