Ex-Valentine ISD Business Manager Admits to Stealing $300,000 in District Funds
Former Valentine ISD business manager/tax assessor Eddie Villarreal Jr., pleaded guilty related to his scheme…
Month: November 2024
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TASB/TASA Survey: Median Texas ISD Superintendent Pay = $153,176 for This School Year
The median salary for a Texas school superintendent for SY 2024-25 is $153,176, an increase…
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New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader
Texas Fifteenth Court of AppealsRuling: The education commissioner properly ruled that a teacher should not…
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The SBOE — by a One-Vote Margin — Tentatively Approves Grades K-5 Reading Curriculum that Includes Bible Stories
The State Board of Education (SBOE), by a one-vote margin on Tuesday, greenlighted sending the…
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DSHS Posts Proposed School Related Asthma Medication Rule Revisions for Public Comment
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has posted a proposed rule revision (for public…
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Trump Supporting Ex-Student’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Austin ISD Stays Dismissed — Thanks to “Evenly Divided” U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ruling: Prior federal rulings dismissing a lawsuit claiming that a now former student was verbally and physically bullied by students — and verbally harassed by school staff — due to his being a fervent White/Christian/Trump/MAGA supporter are affirmed due to the Fifth Circuit’s 9-9 tie vote on the student’s appeal.
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Gov. Abbott Prohibits Texas Public College Tuition and Fee Increases for Upcoming Biennium
Gov. Greg. Abbott announced today that he sent a letter to Texas public colleges and…
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DSHS Issues Pertussis Alert Amid State and National Surges
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported today that the state is mirroring…
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Grades K-to-5 “Take Care of Texas” Art Contest (Save the Date)
Laptops and iPads await top winners, and a teacher will receive an iPad or an equivalent value gift card.
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Commissioner: Port Arthur ISD Properly Nonrenewed ESSER Funded Administrator When Funding Ceased
Ruling: An ISD did not have to follow the steps required under its reduction in force (RIF) policy when nonrenewing the term contract of a grant-funded administrator when the grant funding the position ran out.
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Former Texas Counseling Association President Sentenced to 28 Years for Sexually Exploiting Children
A San Antonio man, who had served as the president of the Texas Counseling Association…
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TEA Issues Final 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings
The TEA announced today that the final 2023-24 school district fiscal accountability ratings (following appeals) have been posted.
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Edgewood ISD Trustee’s Mom Fails to Convince Commissioner to Revise School Board’s Censure of her Son
Ruling: The education commissioner lacks the legal authority to consider complaints about school boards’ censure resolutions that do not violate Texas school laws, and he cannot require that school boards reprimand school employees.
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Adopted TEA and SBOE Rules: Instructional Materials, Innovative Courses, Tased Students, Special Ed, Opioids
The following rule adoptions were posted in the Friday, Nov. 1, Texas Register:
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Guilty Plea Exposes Plot to Commit “Mass Murder Attacks” at Two New Braunfels Area High Schools and a Buc-ee’s
Details of a plot to attack two New Braunfels area high schools and a Buc-ee’s were revealed as a 20-year-old man pleaded guilty late last week to federal charges.
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Gov. Abbott Appoints Leslie Recine to State Board Of Education
Gov. Abbott late Friday afternoon appointed Leslie Recine, R-Pantego, to the State Board of Education Dist. 13 to temporally fill the board seat vacated by the resignation of Aicha Davis, D-Dallas.
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TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions
The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) on Friday submitted its official public comments on…
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TEA Seeks “School Law Bulletin” Publisher for the Next Two Legislative Sessions
The TEA is seeking to contract with a single organization/publisher to print/distribute both the
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Biennial Report Documents TRS’ “Texas Sized” Impact on State’s Economy
The TRS on Thursday released its 2024 TRS Value Report: A Texas Sized Impact publication that summarizes the economic impact the retirement system has on the state’s economy.
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