Feds To Release Remaining Frozen School Funding
More than half a billion federal dollars designated for Texas schools is expected to be…
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Texas AFT Joins Others in Suing Over Blocked Federal K-12 Funds
A national coalition of 14 plaintiffs (including school districts, parents, nonprofit organizations and teacher unions)…
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USDE “Project SERV” Grant to Support Texas Communities Impacted by Flooding
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has announced the allocation of $250,000 in Project SERV…
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Federal / School Finance / TEA
Texas Schools Must Submit USDE’s Anti-DEI Form to TEA by April 23
Texas public school systems have until Wednesday, April 23, to sign, scan — and upload…
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Ex-Valentine ISD Business Manager Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Federal Funds
Former Valentine ISD business manager/tax accessor collector Ernesto Villarreal Jr., 43, of Marfa, was sentenced…
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President Biden Signs “Social Security Fairness Act” into Law
President Biden on Sunday signed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) into federal law….
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Congress Approves Social Security “Fairness” Bill Benefitting Many TRS Members and Other Public Sector Employees/Retirees
The U.S. Senate early Saturday morning (Washington, D.C. time) voted to give final approval to…
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Agreement Allows TEA to Access Military Enlistment Data for School Accountability Purposes
The TEA announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has agreed to provide the agency with the data to be used to calculate the military enlistment portion of the College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) portion of the A-F school accountability system.
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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…
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OSHA Seeks $257,183 in Fines from Texas School Furnishings Manufacturer/Designer Artco-Bell
The Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued citations for 24 serious health and safety violations — and assessed $257,183 in proposed penalties — against Artco-Bell Corp., a Temple, TX-based school furnishings design and manufacturing company employing more than 250 people.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center to Pay $900K to Resolve Alleged Systemic Racial Hiring Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic racial hiring discrimination affecting 6,123 Black applicants at the center’s Dallas facility.
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Feds Arrest Ex-Business Manager of 24-Student Valentine ISD on Theft Charges
Federal authorities announced this week that a former Valentine ISD employee was arrested on criminal…
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AG Paxton Warns Texas Schools Against Complying with Federal Guidance to Protect LGBTQ+ Students from Discrimination
Citing a federal judge’s recent order, state Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an advisory to Texas schools on Tuesday warning them that they must not comply with guidance issued by the Biden administration to extend federal anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ students.
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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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$3 Million Federal Grant to Help Texas A&M Tackle Teacher Shortages
Texas A&M University will address the demand for teachers in Texas with the help of…
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Agreement Ends Fed’s Inquiry into Pflugerville ISD’s Faulty Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Investigation
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that it…
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Feds say Texas meets special education standards
The Austin American-Statesman reported (June 23) that after years of noncompliance, the TEA has fulfilled…
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EPA’s 2023 Clean School Bus Grant Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that applications are being accepted for the…
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