Texas Third Court of Appeals: ISD employees don’t lose their state-law-guaranteed employment rights by working in ISD/charter partnership campuses.
Girls flag football, basketball shot clock and Folklorico — and a balanced budget — among major action items.
The governor announced more than $750 million in Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) funds have been awarded to more than 65,000 Texas teachers across more than 800 school systems.
Fifth Circuit: A rejected applicant for an ISD school resource officer position waited too late to claim he was illegally retaliated against for previously filing a grievance against the district.
The TEA today released the spring 2026 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) assessment results in all tested subjects (Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, and U.S. History).
A school board must conduct further proceedings before the education commissioner can …
The TEA today launched a redesigned website to support user-centered navigation and new features.
Gov. Abbott announced these appointments to the Texas School Safety Center board today:
Ruling: An Hispanic-American ex-ISD teacher’s racial discrimination claim against his former district fails because he couldn’t show that he was treated less favorably than a similarly situated employee outside his protected class under nearly identical circumstances.
The TEA has officially launched its legislatively mandated Educator Misconduct Reporting Dashboard.
Thirteen decisions — and 10 proposals for decisions — were issued in May.
Ruling: An insurer can continue pursuing its workers’ comp lawsuit against the family of a teacher killed in a van accident in Mexico 18 years ago.
Morath chose Texas High School for Accelerated Learning (THSAL) — that seeks to open in the Houston area (Spring and Aldine ISDs) no earlier than SY 2027-28.
Friends of Texas Public Schools is accepting nominations for its Teacher of the Year 2026…
The table below summarizes the final outcome of the major party races to fill the…
The deadline for submitting UIL rule change proposals for consideration at the league’s summer Legislative Council meeting is noon Friday, May 29, 2026.
Ruling: Prior judicial rulings dismissing a former school bus driver’s discrimination lawsuit are affirmed.
Public comments sought: SBOE’s near final literary works lists and Social Studies TEKS revisions.
A federal judge this week largely allowed a copyright lawsuit by the Texas Association of…
The State Board of Education (SBOE) is accepting nominations for the 2026 Heroes for Children…
Ruling: An ISD is not federally liable over claims that an allegedly racist special-ed student repeatedly verbally and physically harassed an African American special-ed student.
Ruling: A former ISD police officer couldn’t show he was illegally fired for a Facebook “prayer” he posted.
Ruling: A state appeals court should not have entirely dismissed a lawsuit pitting a group of taxpayers and an ISD against another ISD.
Sixth/final article in a series.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday (May 7, 2026) that he is demanding that 29 ISDs provide proof that:
The TEA today (May 6, 2026) announced the appointment of a new superintendent and a three-member board of managers to oversee the operations of the 2,034-student Connally ISD.
Dallas-based Nova Academy has withdrawn its application to TEA to permanently close and transfer its students to a sister charter located elsewhere in Dallas County.
Education Commissioner Mike Morath recently approved Goodwater Montessori School’s application to permanently close, effective July 31, 2026.
Statewide winners in the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program were announced during a Sunday (May 3) ceremony in Houston.
Fifth in a series
Fourth in a series.
The TEA announced the appointment of a new superintendent and a seven-member board of managers to oversee the operations of the 15,862-student Beaumont ISD.
Although the Legislature raised teacher pay by more than $4,000 a year, the state still managed to rank 29th nationally for the third consecutive year as of the current school year.
Third in a continuing series.
Five of the 18 (“Generation 31”) applicants seeking to open new charter districts no earlier…
Ruling: School board members don’t have to appeal to the education commissioner before suing their districts for withholding documents to which they are entitled.
The TEA announced the appointment of a new superintendent and board of managers for Lake Worth ISD.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, via a 9-8 majority, upheld 2025’s SB10/regular session Ten Commandments posting law.
The TEA’s latest annual school safety report finds that although most campuses met required security…
The TEA is accepting public comments on a proposed new rule to create statewide safety…
Social studies, literacy lists, ISD parent rights training, commissioner’s comments, etc.
Highlights from the April 12, 2026, UIL Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting.
Appeals Court: A special purpose school district can’t block a building contractor’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the district arising from cost overruns for a new adult-ed facility due to city permitting delays.
Second in a series.
Ruling: The former owner of real property had a good excuse for missing the two-year deadline to recover the excess funds left over from the property’s foreclosure sale for back taxes to an ISD.
Gov. Abbott reappointed Aaron Kinsey, R-Midland, as State Board of Education (SBOE) chair for a term expiring April 1, 2028.
Appeals Court: A state Comptroller’s decision that would reportedly cost a school district half of its supplemental state aid entitlement is upheld, despite an error on the Comptroller’s part.
First in a series.
The Texas Supreme Court (TSC) today (March 27, 2026) announced it has accepted an appeal…
Ruling: A judge should have dismissed a discrimination/wrongful termination lawsuit a fired charter teacher filed against the charter and up to 25 unnamed co-defendants.
Ruling: Although an ex-ISD employee can continue litigating his claim that he was improperly denied extra “premium pay” for working in-person during the COVID pandemic, his various other claims are dismissed.
The TEA is accepting applications from licensed attorneys for special education hearing officer positions.
The TEA today directed public schools to cancel or “otherwise redirect” instruction and activities related to Cesar Chavez.
Appeals Court: A company met the criteria to not be subject to property taxation for “pre-sold” crude oil being stored in Texas that was awaiting shipment to foreign countries.
The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct this month publicly reprimanded Wilson County Justice of…
The TEA is reporting that 69,853 individual students were on Texas charter admission waitlists as…
The federal copyright infringement lawsuit (article) that the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) filed…
Don’t blame Education Commissioner Mike Morath if Texas educators were investigated due to their comments…
Appeals Court: A jury — not a judge — may have to decide the outcome of the religious discrimination/retaliation lawsuit an ex-Harmony charter employee filed against the charter.
Ruling: An ISD can’t avoid being sued over unpaid Hurricane Harvey repair bills.
The Department of State Health Services is sponsoring its annual statewide Rabies Awareness & Prevention Poster Contest for students in grades K to 12.
The Texas School Safety Center is accepting entries for its 2026 Youth School Safety Public…
Fifth Circuit: A teacher can continue pursuing a portion of her federal lawsuit claiming her principal violated her rights in banning staff from participating in a before-school prayer event because students might be present.
The Academic Year 2026-27 appointment process has opened for students to receive annual $30,000 scholarships…
Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals: A state district judge acted too hastily in ordering the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to release most of its records regarding the Uvalde CISD Robb Elementary tragedy.
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: An ISD is not federally liable over claims that district personnel did not do enough to stop an elementary student from sexually harassing another student.
A just released Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO) 15-minute documentary — “80 Years…
Ruling: The education commissioner lacks the authority to overrule a school district’s disciplinary action against a student who sent a text threatening to “shoot up” the school.
Ruling: An ISD’s board violated state education law by not holding a hearing on an ex-employee’s grievance.
Ruling: An ISD’s policy on reviewing and removing library books does not violate state law.
Attorneys for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and Texans for Excellence in Education…
Topics: ISD board parental rights training, civics training, 4,200 Bluebonnet errors, Social Studies TEKS.
Ruling: An ISD can’t sue a special-purpose-district industrial park on a broken promise claim because the industrial park enjoys full governmental immunity protections.
Fifth Circuit: Ex-special-ed administrator lacks constitutional protections against being retaliated against for reporting, to his principal, that teachers had mistreated special-ed students, and for cooperating with a CPS investigation.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Uvalde County are immune from being sued…
The table below summarizes the just-posted SBEC SY 2024-25 Accountability System for Educator Preparation (ASEP) ratings for the state’s 121 ed-prep programs.
The TEA’s 2026 Statewide Plan for Student Mental Health outlines how schools should expand access…
The Texas Workforce Commission is accepting applications for grants to purchase, repair or replace equipment…
The State Board of Education (SBOE) will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25 — and may meet the next day.
Nominations for the 2027 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards are now open. Teachers, counselors, principals,…
Twenty-seven ISDs and charters received less than full Accredited statuses for SY 2025-26 — including…
Lamar CISD Superintendent Roosevelt Nivens is AASA’s 2026 National Superintendent of the Year.
Ruling: A judge should have dismissed a breach-of-contract lawsuit a mother filed over claims that her daughter deserved the top cheerleader officer position.
Texas school employees claiming that they were subject to retaliation for commenting about Charlie Kirk…
Fewer concussions were reported among Texas high school athletes and students in urban and lower…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says — in a nonrequested opinion (issued Tuesday, Feb. 10,…
The State Board of Education (SBOE) is accepting nominations for its 2026 Student Heroes Award….
The comptroller’s State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) has opened the latest cycle of the Texas…
Ruling: An ISD can’t block an ex-administrator’s lawsuit against the district from moving forward at the trial court level.
The TEA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from “qualified respondents” to design, implement…
Special meeting planned, annual report, Bluebonnet errors, “literary lists,” social studies, ISD board parental rights training, library rules, etc.
The TEA announced today (Feb. 4, 2026) the selection of former Texas Assistant Attorney General…
The TEA late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 3, 2026) issued guidance (press release) to school officials…
Gov. Abbott has appointed JoMeka Gray to the State Board for Educator Certification for a term set to expire on February 1, 2031.
TEA will publicly post the SY 2024-25 and SY 2025-26 ISD and charter district accreditation statuses on Feb. 12.
A new TEA report to the Legislature chronicles the explosive interest in the agency’s Texas Mobile STEM Laboratories program.
Ruling: A school board can’t shirk its responsibility to consider a parental grievance by invoking a lack-of-a-quorum board meeting loophole.
The TEA on Wednesday (Jan. 28, 2026) released its 2025 Annual Report. The 2024-25 Texas…
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has begun accepting sponsor applications for its 2026 Summer…
The justices deemed the lawsuit to be moot because Darryl George has graduated and is no longer subject to the policy.
Due to inclement weather, the State Board of Education’s Tuesday (Jan. 27, 2026) meeting will begin at 2 p.m. instead of 9 a.m.
Accused teacher who helped leak confidential info about his student accuser loses education commissioner appeal.
Education Commissioner Mike Morath has approved the UIL rules adopted on Oct. 27, 2025, a UIL spokesperson confirmed today.
Two applicants for new Subchapter G Adult High School Charter Schools have advanced to the…
The Treasures of the Texas Coast and Take Care of Texas children’s art contests kicked off this month.
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has issued preliminary guidance to Texas schools about the…
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of AppealsRuling: A charter district properly fired an employee — who…
An effort by Barbers Hill ISD (BHISD) Superintendent Greg Poole and former BHISD board member…
The justices will hear oral arguments in the Ten Commandments classroom posting lawsuits arising from Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
The Texas Land Office sponsored contest is for students in grades 4 through 7.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman has launched (press release) a new website, giving the public easy access to file complaints and provide feedback regarding Texas higher education institutions.
Sixteen of the 18 latest (“Generation 31”) applicants seeking to open new charter districts no…
U.S. Postal Service rule changes could mean delays for mail being postmarked by one or…
The TEA separately announced on Thursday (Jan. 8, 2026) the appointment of Andrew Kim as…
Texans for Excellence in Education (TEE) this week asked a federal judge to dismiss (via…
As of this posting, Education Commissioner Mike Morath has yet to issue his seal of…
The Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT) today (Jan. 6, 2026) filed this federal…
Calvin Walker — the man convicted of bilking Beaumont ISD (BISD) out of $1.2 million — has lost his final bid to keep his Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor’s licenses.
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