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• Study: Toxic Air in Texas High Schools - 9 December 2024
• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 2 of 2) - 9 December 2024
• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1 of 2) - 3 December 2024
• LBB Issues Wharton ISD Performance Review - 1 December 2024
• New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader - 21 November 2024
• Trump Supporting Ex-Student’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Austin ISD Stays Dismissed — Thanks to “Evenly Divided” U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - 17 November 2024
• Edgewood ISD Trustee’s Mom Fails to Convince Commissioner to Revise School Board’s Censure of her Son - 7 November 2024
• Adopted TEA and SBOE Rules: Instructional Materials, Innovative Courses, Tased Students, Special Ed, Opioids - 4 November 2024
• Gov. Abbott Appoints Leslie Recine to State Board Of Education - 4 November 2024
• TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions - 3 November 2024
• Abbott Appointed Justices Set Oral Arguments for Nov. 18 on TEA’s Blocked 2023 A-F Accountability Ratings Release - 31 October 2024
• OSHA Seeks $257,183 in Fines from Texas School Furnishings Manufacturer/Designer Artco-Bell - 29 October 2024
• Lubbock ISD Loses Legal Battle in its $100M+ Dispute with Insurers Over Storm Damage Claims - 28 October 2024
• Fifth Circuit Dismisses Fired Grapeland ISD Administrator’s “Shotgun” Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 16 October 2024
• Proposed SBOE/TEA Rules Include Major School Board Trainer Revisions - 11 October 2024
• Commissioner Turns to Dictionary in Upholding Firing of Galveston ISD Probationary Teacher - 11 October 2024
• Commissioner Affirms Decisions by Lewisville and Frisco ISD Boards to Reject Annexation/Detachment Petitions - 8 October 2024
• Texas AG Issues Opinion on “Boilerplate” Executive Session Agenda Language - 4 October 2024
• Texas “Healthcare Workforce Task Force” Final Report Includes CTE Recommendations - 2 October 2024
• Survey: Texas School Nurses List Workloads and Lack of Understanding of their Roles by Parents/Administrators as Top Concerns - 25 September 2024
• UIL Medical Advisory Committee Focuses on Hot Weather Rules and Football Helmets - 10 September 2024
• Wayside Schools Can’t Block Ex-CFO’s Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit - 4 September 2024
• Katy ISD Not Liable in Ex-Quarterback’s Breach-of-Settlement Lawsuit - 3 September 2024
• TEA Issues “Updated” Preliminary 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 30 August 2024
• Tenants Displaced when Alamo Heights ISD Bought an Apartment Building for Demolition Lose Claim for “Relocation Expenses” - 30 August 2024
• Poor Job Performance — not Discrimination — Justified Spring ISD’s Reassignment of Math Teacher - 27 August 2024
• City Policeman Not Liable Over “Problematic” Campus Arrest of Roma ISD Middle Schooler - 21 August 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 20 August 2024
• TEA’s Legal Misstep Keeps Revoked Charter’s Lawsuit Against Agency Over Seized Campuses Alive - 16 August 2024
• State Auditor: TRS’ CIO earned $773,568 in Incentive Pay for the 2023 “Plan Year” - 16 August 2024
• UIL: 44 ISDs and Charters Will Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their School Year 2024-25 League Activities - 14 August 2024
• TEA: 87% of Public School Campuses Passed their “Intruder Detection Audit” in School Year 2023-24 - 12 August 2024
• Edcouch-Elsa ISD Doesn’t have to Pay Consultants who Helped in Securing Grants Totaling about $8 Million - 9 August 2024
• Appeals Court Dismisses Property Tax Lawsuit Lyford CISD and 16 Taxpayers Filed Against South Texas ISD - 4 August 2024
• Texas AG Asked if Districts are “Skirting” State Law on Chaplains in Schools - 29 July 2024
• June 25-28 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 2 of 2) - 8 July 2024
• June 25-28 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1) - 2 July 2024
• Charter Services Provider Loses Quest to Sue Jubilee Academies for “Lost Profits” - 26 June 2024
• Allen ISD Rebuffs Injury-to-Child Federal Lawsuit - 25 June 2024
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Ex-Katy ISD Student Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resources Officer - 21 June 2024
• Lubbock ISD’s Voiding of an Administrator’s Contract Upheld - 18 June 2024
• Commissioner Dismisses Fredericksburg ISD Parent’s Challenge to About 48 “Restricted” School Library Books - 18 June 2024
• Fifth Circuit Partially Revives Ex-Dallas ISD Administrator’s Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 11 June 2024
• Registered “Low Risk” Sex Offender Parent Loses Appeal Over Odem-Edroy ISD’s School Entry Restrictions - 10 June 2024
• Ex-Houston ISD Teacher’s Termination Appeal Came 22 Years Too Late - 10 June 2024
• Fired Charter School Teacher Loses Appeal - 7 June 2024
• Lufkin ISD Didn’t Racially Discriminate Against Rejected School Resource Officer Job Applicant - 4 June 2024
• Ex-Lancaster ISD Superintendent Loses Appeal to Resinstate Voided $2 Million+ Severance Agreement - 31 May 2024
• Ex-Conroe ISD Custodian Loses Appeal Over Worker’s Comp Retaliatory Firing Claim - 28 May 2024
• Voters Approved $7.6 Billion in School Bonds on May 4 - 23 May 2024
• Dallas ISD Properly Fired Teacher for Refusing to Return to In-Person Instruction after COVID’s Shutdown of Schools Ended - 14 May 2024
• TRS Sets 2024-25 ActiveCare Health Plan Rates - 6 May 2024
• Texas Supreme Court: No “Whistleblower” Protections for Public Workers Reporting Law Violations by a Board/Council Member - 5 May 2024
• April SBEC Board Meeting Highlights - 2 May 2024
• New UIL Hot Weather Rules for Outdoor Marching Band and Athletic Activities Include “Cold Water Immersion” Requirement - 23 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 22 April 2024
• Nine Charter Applicants Advance to Semifinalist Stage - 18 April 2024
• April 9-12 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 18 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 16 April 2024
• Ex-Northside ISD Cheerleader’s Federal Lawsuit Over Coach’s “Frog Jump” Punishment Dismissed - 10 April 2024
• TEA Data: ISD and Charter Combined Budgeted Employee Pay Averages $53,586 this School Year - 10 April 2024
• TEA: Charters Collected Nearly $7.2 Million in Fees in SY 2021-22 - 8 April 2024
• “The Gathering Place” Charter has Legal Immunity Over Law Firm’s $19,378.28 Unpaid Invoice Claim - 2 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Special-Ed Enrollment Increased to 14 percent of State’s Total Students - 28 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD and Charter Enrollment Rankings - 25 March 2024
• TEA: Nearly 76,000 Students were placed on Charter Admissions Waitlists this School Year - 21 March 2024
• TEA Data: Record 7.6 percent of all Texas Public School Students are Enrolled in Charters this School Year - 18 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Combined ISD and Charter Enrollments Set Record for Second Consecutive Year - 13 March 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to April 15 - 7 March 2024
• Longtime SBOE member Pat Hardy Loses Republican Primary Re-Election Bid - 6 March 2024
• February TRS Board Meeting Highlights - 23 February 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to March 1 - 22 February 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Lampasas ISD’s “Stonewalling” Tactic in Detachment Dispute with Education Commissioner & Copperas Cove ISD - 16 February 2024
• DSHS Survey: Texas School Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Ranks High Amid Concerns Over Working Conditions and Pay - 16 February 2024
• Baylor College of Medicine Suffers Appeals Court Loss in COVID Business Interruption Insurance Claim Denial - 12 February 2024
• Jan. 30-Feb. 2 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 6 February 2024
• TEA: 467 ISDs and Charters Failed to Spend State-Law Required Special Allotment Minimums - 29 January 2024
• Garland ISD Can’t Block Building Contractor’s $1.1M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit - 29 January 2024
• “Anti-Vax” Texas Parents Can’t Sue Feds Over Allowing Children to be Vaccinated Against COVID - 24 January 2024
• EPA Awards $379M to 19 Texas ISDs for 164 Electric School Buses - 10 January 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Ratings Lawsuit Pushed to Feb. 9 - 8 January 2024
• Adopted Public School Library Standards Prohibit “Sexually Explicit” Books - 18 December 2023
• Ex-Webb CISD Husband/Wife Board Members Lose Appeal Over Documents Request Denial - 17 December 2023
• Six of the Seven SBOE Members Whose Terms are Expiring Filed for Re-Election - 14 December 2023
• Disabled Parent Loses Appeal Over Frisco ISD’s Mandatory Online Student Registration Process - 8 December 2023
• TEA to Hire Contractors to help SBOE Adopt Vocabulary Lists and Lists of Literary Works - 5 December 2023
• Appeals Court Extends Timeline in A-F Lawsuit Schedule - 4 December 2023
• Klein ISD has Legal Immunity Over Car Crash Involving its Police Officer - 4 December 2023
• TEA Releases School Year 2022-23 Bus Accident Data - 29 November 2023
• Landowners Can’t Void Baird ISD’s “Chapter 313” Agreement for Wind Farm Project by Suing Comptroller - 27 November 2023
• Federal Judge’s “Precedent Setting” Ruling Says SBEC Unlawfully Rejected Military Spouse’s Out-of-State Certification - 22 November 2023
• November 14-17 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 21 November 2023
• Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing - 17 November 2023
• Texas Voters Rejected Most of the ISD Athletic Facility Proposals on their November 7 Ballots - 16 November 2023
• Ex-Denton ISD Coach Can’t Force School Board to Consider his Grievance Over Conflict with Another Coach - 13 November 2023
• Appeals Court Allows TEA to Release 2023 A-F Accountability “Informational” Items - 10 November 2023
• Texas ISD Superintendent Pay Averages $172,185 for 2023-24, TASB/TASA Survey Says - 8 November 2023
• Venus ISD Wrongly Rejected Parental Request to Opt Student Out of Accelerated Instruction - 6 November 2023
• Public Comments Sought on Proposed School Library Standards - 30 October 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Two COVID-Era Lawsuits as “Moot” - 27 October 2023
• AG Doubts Legality of School Systems Hiring “Independent Contractors” as School Resource Officers - 23 October 2023
• Texas Tech “Policy Brief” Casts Doubt on Fully Online Teacher Preparation Quality - 13 October 2023
• TEA to Buy 24 Chevy Vehicles for its New School Safety/Security Fleet - 11 October 2023
• Parental Appeals Against Two Charters Dismissed - 4 October 2023
• Devers ISD’s Board Properly Based Teacher’s Nonrenewal on “Anonymous” Statements by Students and Parents - 2 October 2023
• Ex-Crystal City ISD Business Manager’s Whistleblower Lawsuit Dismissed - 25 September 2023
• PSF Plans Year-Long Headquarters Move to New UT Austin Office Tower - 21 September 2023
• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks — and Harshly Criticizes — Texas’ New School Library Book Rating Law - 19 September 2023
• Ex-Temple ISD Employee Loses Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Because She Waited 41 Years to Sue the District - 18 September 2023
• New Caney ISD Doesn’t have to Upgrade Ex-Student’s Diploma from “Cum Laude” to “Magna Cum Laude” Status - 17 September 2023
• A Governor’s Executive Order is a “Law,” AG Opinion Suggests - 14 September 2023
• UIL Medical Panel Embarks on Tentative Plan to Require Schools to Measure Outdoor Air Temps via “WBGT” Devices by 2025-26 - 11 September 2023
• Ex-Katy ISD Special-Ed 11th Grader Loses Third Appeal Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resource Officer - 11 September 2023
• Morath Tells SBOE that the “A-F” Lawsuit Filed Against him is “Without Merit” - 1 September 2023
• Report: $12.5B in College Financial Aid in 2021-22 Still Left Texas Students with Significant “Unmet Need” - 29 August 2023
• Conscientious Exemptions for Required K-12 Student Vaccinations Continued Upward Spiral in School Year 2022-23 - 29 August 2023
• Agreement Ends Fed’s Inquiry into Pflugerville ISD’s Faulty Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Investigation - 21 August 2023
• State Attorney General Casts Doubt on Franklin County’s Proposed Countywide Ban on Solar Projects - 16 August 2023
• Dismissed: Lawsuit by Parents who Opposed Austin ISD’s COVID-19 Mask Mandate - 10 August 2023
• TEA Releases Preliminary ISD and Charter Financial Accountability Ratings - 7 August 2023
• Appeals Court Narrows Injunction’s Focus in “A+ Texas Teachers” Legal Fight to Prevent Closure by SBEC - 7 August 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Affirms Firing of Fort Worth ISD Teacher over Anti-Immigrant Tweets to President Trump - 7 August 2023
• Alamo Heights ISD Assistant Principal who Texted “FML” to a Parent Loses Termination Appeal - 2 August 2023
• Criminally Charged Alice ISD Special-Ed Teacher Loses Nonrenewal Appeal - 27 July 2023
• Forney ISD Special-Ed Teacher had “Good Cause” to Abandon his Contract Due to Physically and Verbally “Aggressive” Students - 27 July 2023
• Harris County Dept. of Education Rebuffs Ex-Assistant Principal’s Retaliation Claims - 24 July 2023
• Appeals Court Reinstates SBEC’s Permanent Revocation of Former “Life School” Charter Teacher’s Certification - 24 July 2023
• Ex-Spring ISD Administrator was not Illegally Forced to Resign Due to his Military Commitments - 20 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Judges Vote 9-7 Against Reconsidering Ruling That Sided with Fort Bend ISD Employees in Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Lawsuit - 18 July 2023
• Fort Bend ISD Must Release ISD Related Cell Phone Records from Personal Devices Owned by District Officials - 13 July 2023
• Ex-Caddo Mills ISD Athletic Director Loses Appeal - 13 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Says UNT Can Continue Charging Out-of-State Students Higher Tuition than Undocumented Texans - 11 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Force TEA to adopt “Special Rule” for 18+ Year Old Special-Ed Students - 11 July 2023
• The 88th Legislature’s Regular Session’s New School Laws - 5 July 2023
• SBOE Receives 88th Legislature Regular Session Update - 3 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit “Un-Dismisses” Ex-Austin ISD Student’s Special-Ed Lawsuit — Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court Decision - 29 June 2023
• Fired Dallas ISD Teacher Loses Whistleblower Lawsuit - 28 June 2023
• SBOE Starts to Closely Scrutinize Innovative Course Requests to Eliminate “Redundancy” - 27 June 2023
• More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule - 26 June 2023
• SBOE “Approves” Four New Charter Applicants — and Rejects a Fifth Applicant - 26 June 2023
• AG Opinion says “Race Based” Student Discipline Decisions May Violate Texas Constitution - 21 June 2023
• Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is not Liable for School Bus Accident - 16 June 2023
• Twice-Fired Houston ISD Police Officer Loses Appeal - 16 June 2023
• June 13 UIL Legislative Council Meeting Highlights - 14 June 2023
• UT Dallas Can Require Tenured Professor to Give Students Homework Instead of Quizzes - 12 June 2023
• Five Charter Applicants Make Commissioner’s Final List - 9 June 2023
• Arlington ISD Employee’s Grievance was Improperly “Abated” - 7 June 2023
• McKinney ISD Skipped a Required Step in Banning Parent from District’s Property for Two Years - 7 June 2023
• TEA Asks Appeals Court to Lift Temporary Order in Lawsuit Filed by State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 6 June 2023
• Horizon Montessori Charter Fired its “Marketing Specialist” for Non-Discriminatory Reasons - 5 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit Loosens the “Absolute Bar” on Parents without Lawyers Filing Federal Lawsuits on Behalf of Their Children - 5 June 2023
• Appeals Court Temporarily Halts TEA’s Effort to Shut Down State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 4 June 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Enters Boundary Dispute Between Lampasas and Copperas Cove ISDs - 2 June 2023
• Brownsville ISD can’t Block Fired School Secretary’s Whistleblower Lawsuit - 31 May 2023
• TRS Board Sets ActiveCare Rates and Gets Retiree COLA Bill Implementation Timeline Briefing - 30 May 2023
• Insurer Loses Appeals Against Two More ISDs Over Disputed Property Damage Claims - 29 May 2023
• Sinton ISD Parental Complaint Dismissed Over How their Child was Drug Tested at School - 28 May 2023
• Hays CISD Owes $13,240.80 to Teacher Fired for “Particularly Heinous Crimes” - 26 May 2023
• Beaumont ISD can’t Block Lawsuit over Hurricane Related Insurance Dispute - 22 May 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Iraan-Sheffield ISD’s “Tax Ferret Contract” with a Lawyer - 22 May 2023
• Alief ISD is not Liable over Cafeteria Worker’s 2019 Traffic Accident - 22 May 2023
• Voters Approved $21.5 Billion in School Bonds on May 6 - 16 May 2023
• Legislative Update – May 9 to 8 a.m. Monday, May 15 - 15 May 2023
• Private Residential Facility Can’t Challenge Revocation of TEA’s Approval to Serve Special Needs Students - 14 May 2023
• Fifth Circuit: Illegal “Anti-Male Bias” May have Prompted Expulsion of Rice University Student - 13 May 2023
• Legislative Update – Through 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 9 - 9 May 2023
• Richardson ISD Parent Loses Appeal Over a PG Rated Disney Movie Shown to her Child at School - 4 May 2023
• AG Issues Opinion on “School Psychologist” Question - 2 May 2023
• April 28 SBEC Board Meeting Highlights - 2 May 2023
• TRS to Set ActiveCare Rates on May 30 - 1 May 2023
• Mission CISD Becomes Fifth Texas School System to Win Appeal Over Firm’s Trademark Infringement Claim - 27 April 2023
• TSTA: Texas Lags Behind Nation in Teacher Pay and Per-Pupil Spending - 25 April 2023
• TEA Releases Final 2022-23 Enrollment Data - 24 April 2023
• Sharyland ISD Can’t Block School Bus Accident Lawsuit - 20 April 2023
• Eight Charter District Applicants Advance to the Next Stage - 19 April 2023
• Dallas ISD Employee’s Appeal Dismissed Over “Wrong” Type of Employment Contract Claim - 18 April 2023
• Alvarado ISD’s Decision to Ban Registered Sex Offender Parent from a Campus Event is Upheld - 18 April 2023
• Parents can Opt Out of Answering Gender Specific UIL Student Medical History Form Questions by School Year 2024-25 - 17 April 2023
• Ex-Principal Can’t Escape SBEC’s Sanction for Saying he Wished he Could Shoot Teachers - 17 April 2023
• Divided SBOE Vetoes SBEC’s New School Librarian Certification Standards - 16 April 2023
• April 2023 SBOE Committee Meeting Minutes - 14 April 2023
• Commissioner’s Comments to SBOE - 13 April 2023
• Months-Old Complaint Over Lubbock ISD’s COVID-19 Policy Dismissed - 10 April 2023
• Silsbee ISD Maintenance/Transportation Director Loses Voided Employment Contract Appeal - 10 April 2023
• Citizen’s Complaints about a Crockett ISD Elementary School Dismissed - 10 April 2023
• Legislative Update (March 27 to 8 a.m. Thursday, April 5) - 6 April 2023
• 2022-23 Texas Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 5 April 2023
• Katy ISD Wins Appeal Involving “Repeatedly Tased” 11th Grade Special-Ed Student - 3 April 2023
• Ex-Katy ISD Football Team Captain Loses Appeal Over Aftermath of Viral Three-Second Snapchat Video - 3 April 2023
• School Year 2022-23 Texas ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 31 March 2023
• TEA Data Reflects Record Public School Enrollment This School Year - 29 March 2023
• TEA Reports Charter “Waitlist” Data - 27 March 2023
• TEA Reports 2022-23 ISD/Charter Budgeted Pay and Staffing Data - 26 March 2023
• McAllen ISD and IDEA Charter Didn’t Commit Trademark Infringement - 20 March 2023
• La Joya ISD Can’t Block Insurance Agency’s $3.35 Million Lawsuit - 11 March 2023
• Unsuccessful Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against Lewisville ISD Wasn’t “Frivolous” - 11 March 2023
• Recent Mask Rulings - 11 March 2023
• Student Athlete’s Mom Loses (for now) Effort to Advance Possible Lawsuit Against Six Gordon ISD Employees - 6 March 2023
• United ISD Teacher’s Retaliation/Discrimination Claims are Mostly Dismissed - 6 March 2023
• Activist’s $299,200+ Judgment Against Houston ISD Affirmed - 28 February 2023
• SBOE Approves a $6 Billion Step to Temporarily Address PSF School Bond Guarantee Crisis - 7 February 2023
• SBOE Committee Asks TEA to Draft Possible Revisions to Hearing Examiner Rule - 6 February 2023
• Fort Worth ISD was Justified in Firing Teacher Over Anti-Immigrant Tweets - 4 February 2023
• Failed Fax Transmission Helps Kill Whistleblower Suit Against Houston ISD - 27 January 2023
• Hearne ISD Parent’s Special-Ed Appeal to Commissioner Dismissed - 23 January 2023
• TASB’s Insurance Fund Can’t Block Colorado ISD’s Lawsuit Over Hailstorm Damage Claim - 20 January 2023
• Austin ISD Not Liable Over Alleged Harassment of Trump-Supporting Student - 10 January 2023
• Dallas ISD Teacher Loses Appeal Despite Hearing Examiner’s Failure to Follow State Law - 9 January 2023
• Gladewater ISD Granted Special-Ed Camera Installation Deadline Extension - 2 January 2023

Accountability

• TEA Issues Final 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 7 November 2024
• Abbott Appointed Justices Set Oral Arguments for Nov. 18 on TEA’s Blocked 2023 A-F Accountability Ratings Release - 31 October 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for Monitors and Conservators - 28 October 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 21 October 2024
• TEA Issues “Updated” Preliminary 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 30 August 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to April 15 - 7 March 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to March 1 - 22 February 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Ratings Lawsuit Pushed to Feb. 9 - 8 January 2024
• Appeals Court Extends Timeline in A-F Lawsuit Schedule - 4 December 2023
• Appeals Court Allows TEA to Release 2023 A-F Accountability “Informational” Items - 10 November 2023
• TEA Releases Final 2022-23 ISD and Charter Fiscal Ratings - 6 November 2023
• Judge Temporarily Blocks Release of Next Round of A-F Accountability Ratings - 27 October 2023
• Judge’s Ruling on Whether to Grant Injunction in Accountability Lawsuit Could Come by Oct. 20 - 11 October 2023
• TEA’s A-F Accountability Ratings Release Date Delayed Until Late October or Early November - 12 September 2023
• Morath Tells SBOE that the “A-F” Lawsuit Filed Against him is “Without Merit” - 1 September 2023
• Seven ISDs File Suit Over TEA’s Upcoming “A-F” Accountability Ratings Release - 25 August 2023
• TEA Releases Preliminary ISD and Charter Financial Accountability Ratings - 7 August 2023

Associations

• Memorial Services Pending for Retired TCTA Executive Director Jeri Stone - 6 December 2024
• TASB/TASA Survey: Median Texas ISD Superintendent Pay = $153,176 for This School Year - 22 November 2024
• Former Texas Counseling Association President Sentenced to 28 Years for Sexually Exploiting Children - 8 November 2024
• TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions - 3 November 2024
• TASA Anounces 2025 Texas Teachers of the Year - 25 October 2024
• Top TASB/TASA Convention Awards - 30 September 2024
• TASA Names Six 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year Finalists - 5 September 2024
• Texas AFT Pushes Legislators to Pass “Educator’s Bill of Rights” - 4 September 2024
• TASB Names Five Finalists for State’s Top Superintendent Award - 29 August 2024
• TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024 - 7 August 2024
• Survey: 65 Percent of TSTA’s Teacher Members Considered Quitting as School Year 2023-24 Drew to an End - 7 August 2024
• “The Texas Way” Initiative Seeks to Improve Sportsmanship Behaviors at UIL Athletic Events - 31 July 2024
• TSTA Announces Passing of Executive Director Richard Kouri - 2 July 2024
• ATPE Data Breach Potentially Exposed Personal info of 426,280 Individuals - 24 June 2024
• NEA/TSTA: Texas Teacher Pay Averages $9,236 Less than National Average - 1 May 2024
• Texas AFT Member Poll: Most are Burned Out and are Considering Quitting - 28 February 2024
• TASB 2023-24 Teacher Salary Survey Highlights - 15 January 2024
• Texas ISD Superintendent Pay Averages $172,185 for 2023-24, TASB/TASA Survey Says - 8 November 2023
• TASA Announces State’s Top “Teachers of the Year” for 2024 - 20 October 2023
• TASO & UIL Partner to Recognize “Good Sportsmanship” Schools - 6 October 2023
• Top TASA/TASB Convention Awards - 1 October 2023
• TASB: Poll Shows Texans Support Increased Teacher Pay, Oppose Vouchers - 26 September 2023
• TSTA: Texas Lags Behind Nation in Teacher Pay and Per-Pupil Spending - 25 April 2023
• TASB’s Teacher/School Personnel Survey Highlights - 20 March 2023
• TASB’s Insurance Fund Can’t Block Colorado ISD’s Lawsuit Over Hailstorm Damage Claim - 20 January 2023

Attorney General

• Texas AG Issues Opinion on “Boilerplate” Executive Session Agenda Language - 4 October 2024
• Facebook’s Parent Company to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion for Using Facial Recognition Without Users’ Permission - 30 July 2024
• Texas AG Asked if Districts are “Skirting” State Law on Chaplains in Schools - 29 July 2024
• Texas AG Answers an ISD Property Tax Homestead Exemption Question - 10 July 2024
• AG Paxton Warns Texas Schools Against Complying with Federal Guidance to Protect LGBTQ+ Students from Discrimination - 19 June 2024
• Texas AG Paxton Issues School Safety Guidance — and Makes School Resource Officer Training Available - 11 March 2024
• Texas AG Answers a Question about School Marshals - 23 January 2024
• Texas AG Asked to Clarify “Over 65/Disabled” Property Tax Exemption Provision - 8 January 2024
• AG Doubts Legality of School Systems Hiring “Independent Contractors” as School Resource Officers - 23 October 2023
• AG Paxton Issues “ESG” Advisory Letter to Ensure Compliance by Governmental Entities - 18 October 2023
• A Governor’s Executive Order is a “Law,” AG Opinion Suggests - 14 September 2023
• Question About School Marshals Posed to Acting Attorney General - 13 September 2023
• State Attorney General Casts Doubt on Franklin County’s Proposed Countywide Ban on Solar Projects - 16 August 2023
• AG Opinion says “Race Based” Student Discipline Decisions May Violate Texas Constitution - 21 June 2023
• Settlement Announced to Compensate Normangee ISD Over State’s Pro-Energy Law - 12 May 2023
• AG Issues Opinion on “School Psychologist” Question - 2 May 2023
• AG’s Opinion Sought on Student Resource Officer Question - 23 April 2023
• AG Issues HB3 PK Partnerships Opinion - 5 April 2023
• AG Paxton Says School Choice is Legal in Texas - 21 March 2023
• Senate Ed Chair Asks AG About Legality of a “Texas Education Savings Account” Program - 13 March 2023

Awards & Honors

• TASA Anounces 2025 Texas Teachers of the Year - 25 October 2024
• TMA’s $62,000 K-12 “Excellence in Science Teaching” Awards Program - 2 October 2024
• Top TASB/TASA Convention Awards - 30 September 2024
• TASA Names Six 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year Finalists - 5 September 2024
• 2025 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards - 3 September 2024
• TASB Names Five Finalists for State’s Top Superintendent Award - 29 August 2024
• TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024 - 7 August 2024
• 2024 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award Winners Announced - 7 May 2024
• Nominate a 2024 SBOE “Student Hero” - 19 February 2024
• TASA Announces State’s Top “Teachers of the Year” for 2024 - 20 October 2023
• Top TASA/TASB Convention Awards - 1 October 2023

Charter Schools

• Wayside Schools Can’t Block Ex-CFO’s Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit - 4 September 2024
• TEA’s Legal Misstep Keeps Revoked Charter’s Lawsuit Against Agency Over Seized Campuses Alive - 16 August 2024
• Charter Services Provider Loses Quest to Sue Jubilee Academies for “Lost Profits” - 26 June 2024
• Fired Charter School Teacher Loses Appeal - 7 June 2024
• Education Commissioner Picks Five Finalist Charter Applicants - 28 May 2024
• TEA Posts “Generation 29” Charter Applicant Interview Schedule - 7 May 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 22 April 2024
• Nine Charter Applicants Advance to Semifinalist Stage - 18 April 2024
• TEA: Charters Collected Nearly $7.2 Million in Fees in SY 2021-22 - 8 April 2024
• UIL Gets New Home on UT Austin’s Organizational Chart — Thanks to State’s DEI Ban - 5 April 2024
• “The Gathering Place” Charter has Legal Immunity Over Law Firm’s $19,378.28 Unpaid Invoice Claim - 2 April 2024
• TEA: Nearly 76,000 Students were placed on Charter Admissions Waitlists this School Year - 21 March 2024
• Parental Appeals Against Two Charters Dismissed - 4 October 2023
• SBOE “Approves” Four New Charter Applicants — and Rejects a Fifth Applicant - 26 June 2023
• Five Charter Applicants Make Commissioner’s Final List - 9 June 2023
• Horizon Montessori Charter Fired its “Marketing Specialist” for Non-Discriminatory Reasons - 5 June 2023
• TEA Sets Three Day Charter Applicant Virtual Interview Meeting Schedule - 30 April 2023
• Eight Charter District Applicants Advance to the Next Stage - 19 April 2023
• 2022-23 Texas Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 5 April 2023
• TEA Data Reflects Record Public School Enrollment This School Year - 29 March 2023
• TEA Reports Charter “Waitlist” Data - 27 March 2023
• McAllen ISD and IDEA Charter Didn’t Commit Trademark Infringement - 20 March 2023
• Fired Harmony Charter Teacher Wasn’t Discriminated Against - 28 February 2023

Child Nutrition

• TDA Launches 2024’s “Texas Farm Fresh Challenge” for Schools - 4 October 2024
• TDA to Transition from “TX-UNPS” to “TANS” Web Portal for Nutrition Program Providers - 17 June 2024
• Three Original Texas School Meal Recipes Introduced - 30 October 2023
• High School Student “Health Ambassadors” Sought to Help Promote School Nutrition Programs - 24 April 2023

Commissioner's Decisions

• November 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 1 December 2024
• Edgewood ISD Trustee’s Mom Fails to Convince Commissioner to Revise School Board’s Censure of her Son - 7 November 2024
• Commissioner Turns to Dictionary in Upholding Firing of Galveston ISD Probationary Teacher - 11 October 2024
• Commissioner Affirms Decisions by Lewisville and Frisco ISD Boards to Reject Annexation/Detachment Petitions - 8 October 2024
• September 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 3 October 2024
• July 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 1 August 2024
• June 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 3 July 2024
• Lubbock ISD’s Voiding of an Administrator’s Contract Upheld - 18 June 2024
• Commissioner Dismisses Fredericksburg ISD Parent’s Challenge to About 48 “Restricted” School Library Books - 18 June 2024
• Registered “Low Risk” Sex Offender Parent Loses Appeal Over Odem-Edroy ISD’s School Entry Restrictions - 10 June 2024
• Ex-Houston ISD Teacher’s Termination Appeal Came 22 Years Too Late - 10 June 2024
• May 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 2 June 2024
• April 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 2 May 2024
• March 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 3 April 2024
• February 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 1 March 2024
• January 2024 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 1 February 2024
• December 2023 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 8 January 2024
• Disabled Parent Loses Appeal Over Frisco ISD’s Mandatory Online Student Registration Process - 8 December 2023
• November 2023 Commissioner’s Decisions Posted - 5 December 2023
• Ex-Denton ISD Coach Can’t Force School Board to Consider his Grievance Over Conflict with Another Coach - 13 November 2023
• Venus ISD Wrongly Rejected Parental Request to Opt Student Out of Accelerated Instruction - 6 November 2023
• Parental Appeals Against Two Charters Dismissed - 4 October 2023
• Devers ISD’s Board Properly Based Teacher’s Nonrenewal on “Anonymous” Statements by Students and Parents - 2 October 2023
• Commissioner Dismisses Parental Appeals Involving Coppell, Frisco and Garland ISDs - 1 October 2023
• Alamo Heights ISD Assistant Principal who Texted “FML” to a Parent Loses Termination Appeal - 2 August 2023
• Criminally Charged Alice ISD Special-Ed Teacher Loses Nonrenewal Appeal - 27 July 2023
• Arlington ISD Employee’s Grievance was Improperly “Abated” - 7 June 2023
• McKinney ISD Skipped a Required Step in Banning Parent from District’s Property for Two Years - 7 June 2023
• Sinton ISD Parental Complaint Dismissed Over How their Child was Drug Tested at School - 28 May 2023
• Hays CISD Owes $13,240.80 to Teacher Fired for “Particularly Heinous Crimes” - 26 May 2023
• Richardson ISD Parent Loses Appeal Over a PG Rated Disney Movie Shown to her Child at School - 4 May 2023
• Dallas ISD Employee’s Appeal Dismissed Over “Wrong” Type of Employment Contract Claim - 18 April 2023
• Alvarado ISD’s Decision to Ban Registered Sex Offender Parent from a Campus Event is Upheld - 18 April 2023
• Months-Old Complaint Over Lubbock ISD’s COVID-19 Policy Dismissed - 10 April 2023
• Silsbee ISD Maintenance/Transportation Director Loses Voided Employment Contract Appeal - 10 April 2023
• Citizen’s Complaints about a Crockett ISD Elementary School Dismissed - 10 April 2023
• Hearne ISD Parent’s Special-Ed Appeal to Commissioner Dismissed - 23 January 2023
• Dallas ISD Teacher Loses Appeal Despite Hearing Examiner’s Failure to Follow State Law - 9 January 2023
• Gladewater ISD Granted Special-Ed Camera Installation Deadline Extension - 2 January 2023

Courts

• New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader - 21 November 2024
• Trump Supporting Ex-Student’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Austin ISD Stays Dismissed — Thanks to “Evenly Divided” U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - 17 November 2024
• Abbott Appointed Justices Set Oral Arguments for Nov. 18 on TEA’s Blocked 2023 A-F Accountability Ratings Release - 31 October 2024
• Lubbock ISD Loses Legal Battle in its $100M+ Dispute with Insurers Over Storm Damage Claims - 28 October 2024
• Fifth Circuit Dismisses Fired Grapeland ISD Administrator’s “Shotgun” Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 16 October 2024
• Wayside Schools Can’t Block Ex-CFO’s Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit - 4 September 2024
• Katy ISD Not Liable in Ex-Quarterback’s Breach-of-Settlement Lawsuit - 3 September 2024
• Tenants Displaced when Alamo Heights ISD Bought an Apartment Building for Demolition Lose Claim for “Relocation Expenses” - 30 August 2024
• Poor Job Performance — not Discrimination — Justified Spring ISD’s Reassignment of Math Teacher - 27 August 2024
• City Policeman Not Liable Over “Problematic” Campus Arrest of Roma ISD Middle Schooler - 21 August 2024
• TEA’s Legal Misstep Keeps Revoked Charter’s Lawsuit Against Agency Over Seized Campuses Alive - 16 August 2024
• Edcouch-Elsa ISD Doesn’t have to Pay Consultants who Helped in Securing Grants Totaling about $8 Million - 9 August 2024
• Appeals Court Dismisses Property Tax Lawsuit Lyford CISD and 16 Taxpayers Filed Against South Texas ISD - 4 August 2024
• Facebook’s Parent Company to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion for Using Facial Recognition Without Users’ Permission - 30 July 2024
• Charter Services Provider Loses Quest to Sue Jubilee Academies for “Lost Profits” - 26 June 2024
• Allen ISD Rebuffs Injury-to-Child Federal Lawsuit - 25 June 2024
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Ex-Katy ISD Student Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resources Officer - 21 June 2024
• Fifth Circuit Partially Revives Ex-Dallas ISD Administrator’s Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 11 June 2024
• Fired Charter School Teacher Loses Appeal - 7 June 2024
• Lufkin ISD Didn’t Racially Discriminate Against Rejected School Resource Officer Job Applicant - 4 June 2024
• Ex-Lancaster ISD Superintendent Loses Appeal to Resinstate Voided $2 Million+ Severance Agreement - 31 May 2024
• Ex-Conroe ISD Custodian Loses Appeal Over Worker’s Comp Retaliatory Firing Claim - 28 May 2024
• Dallas ISD Properly Fired Teacher for Refusing to Return to In-Person Instruction after COVID’s Shutdown of Schools Ended - 14 May 2024
• Texas Supreme Court: No “Whistleblower” Protections for Public Workers Reporting Law Violations by a Board/Council Member - 5 May 2024
• Ex-Northside ISD Cheerleader’s Federal Lawsuit Over Coach’s “Frog Jump” Punishment Dismissed - 10 April 2024
• “The Gathering Place” Charter has Legal Immunity Over Law Firm’s $19,378.28 Unpaid Invoice Claim - 2 April 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to April 15 - 7 March 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to March 1 - 22 February 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Lampasas ISD’s “Stonewalling” Tactic in Detachment Dispute with Education Commissioner & Copperas Cove ISD - 16 February 2024
• Baylor College of Medicine Suffers Appeals Court Loss in COVID Business Interruption Insurance Claim Denial - 12 February 2024
• Garland ISD Can’t Block Building Contractor’s $1.1M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit - 29 January 2024
• “Anti-Vax” Texas Parents Can’t Sue Feds Over Allowing Children to be Vaccinated Against COVID - 24 January 2024
• Fifth Circuit Panel Reinstates Injunction Blocking Texas From Enforcing School Library Book Ratings Law - 17 January 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Ratings Lawsuit Pushed to Feb. 9 - 8 January 2024
• Ex-Webb CISD Husband/Wife Board Members Lose Appeal Over Documents Request Denial - 17 December 2023
• Appeals Court Extends Timeline in A-F Lawsuit Schedule - 4 December 2023
• Klein ISD has Legal Immunity Over Car Crash Involving its Police Officer - 4 December 2023
• Landowners Can’t Void Baird ISD’s “Chapter 313” Agreement for Wind Farm Project by Suing Comptroller - 27 November 2023
• Federal Judge’s “Precedent Setting” Ruling Says SBEC Unlawfully Rejected Military Spouse’s Out-of-State Certification - 22 November 2023
• Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing - 17 November 2023
• Appeals Court Allows TEA to Release 2023 A-F Accountability “Informational” Items - 10 November 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Two COVID-Era Lawsuits as “Moot” - 27 October 2023
• Judge Temporarily Blocks Release of Next Round of A-F Accountability Ratings - 27 October 2023
• Oral Arguments Set for Nov. 29 in Legal Fight Over Texas’ School Library Book Rating Law - 12 October 2023
• Judge’s Ruling on Whether to Grant Injunction in Accountability Lawsuit Could Come by Oct. 20 - 11 October 2023
• Fifth Circuit Panel Allows Texas to Enforce School Library Book Rating Law (for now) - 26 September 2023
• Ex-Crystal City ISD Business Manager’s Whistleblower Lawsuit Dismissed - 25 September 2023
• Teen Gets Maximum 40 Year Prison Term in Shooting Death of Arlington ISD Student on School’s Steps - 21 September 2023
• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks — and Harshly Criticizes — Texas’ New School Library Book Rating Law - 19 September 2023
• Ex-Temple ISD Employee Loses Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Because She Waited 41 Years to Sue the District - 18 September 2023
• New Caney ISD Doesn’t have to Upgrade Ex-Student’s Diploma from “Cum Laude” to “Magna Cum Laude” Status - 17 September 2023
• Ex-Katy ISD Special-Ed 11th Grader Loses Third Appeal Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resource Officer - 11 September 2023
• Morath Tells SBOE that the “A-F” Lawsuit Filed Against him is “Without Merit” - 1 September 2023
• Seven ISDs File Suit Over TEA’s Upcoming “A-F” Accountability Ratings Release - 25 August 2023
• Dismissed: Lawsuit by Parents who Opposed Austin ISD’s COVID-19 Mask Mandate - 10 August 2023
• Appeals Court Narrows Injunction’s Focus in “A+ Texas Teachers” Legal Fight to Prevent Closure by SBEC - 7 August 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Affirms Firing of Fort Worth ISD Teacher over Anti-Immigrant Tweets to President Trump - 7 August 2023
• Harris County Dept. of Education Rebuffs Ex-Assistant Principal’s Retaliation Claims - 24 July 2023
• Appeals Court Reinstates SBEC’s Permanent Revocation of Former “Life School” Charter Teacher’s Certification - 24 July 2023
• Ex-Spring ISD Administrator was not Illegally Forced to Resign Due to his Military Commitments - 20 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Judges Vote 9-7 Against Reconsidering Ruling That Sided with Fort Bend ISD Employees in Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Lawsuit - 18 July 2023
• Fort Bend ISD Must Release ISD Related Cell Phone Records from Personal Devices Owned by District Officials - 13 July 2023
• Ex-Caddo Mills ISD Athletic Director Loses Appeal - 13 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Says UNT Can Continue Charging Out-of-State Students Higher Tuition than Undocumented Texans - 11 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Force TEA to adopt “Special Rule” for 18+ Year Old Special-Ed Students - 11 July 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Upholds Governor’s “No Mask” Mandate Order Against Local Governments - 30 June 2023
• U.S. Supreme Court Voids Race Based College Admissions Programs - 29 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit “Un-Dismisses” Ex-Austin ISD Student’s Special-Ed Lawsuit — Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court Decision - 29 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit Revives Trump-Supporting Student’s Harassment Claim Against Austin ISD - 28 June 2023
• Fired Dallas ISD Teacher Loses Whistleblower Lawsuit - 28 June 2023
• Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is not Liable for School Bus Accident - 16 June 2023
• Twice-Fired Houston ISD Police Officer Loses Appeal - 16 June 2023
• UT Dallas Can Require Tenured Professor to Give Students Homework Instead of Quizzes - 12 June 2023
• Horizon Montessori Charter Fired its “Marketing Specialist” for Non-Discriminatory Reasons - 5 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit Loosens the “Absolute Bar” on Parents without Lawyers Filing Federal Lawsuits on Behalf of Their Children - 5 June 2023
• Appeals Court Temporarily Halts TEA’s Effort to Shut Down State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 4 June 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Enters Boundary Dispute Between Lampasas and Copperas Cove ISDs - 2 June 2023
• Brownsville ISD can’t Block Fired School Secretary’s Whistleblower Lawsuit - 31 May 2023
• Insurer Loses Appeals Against Two More ISDs Over Disputed Property Damage Claims - 29 May 2023
• Beaumont ISD can’t Block Lawsuit over Hurricane Related Insurance Dispute - 22 May 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Iraan-Sheffield ISD’s “Tax Ferret Contract” with a Lawyer - 22 May 2023
• Alief ISD is not Liable over Cafeteria Worker’s 2019 Traffic Accident - 22 May 2023
• Private Residential Facility Can’t Challenge Revocation of TEA’s Approval to Serve Special Needs Students - 14 May 2023
• Fifth Circuit: Illegal “Anti-Male Bias” May have Prompted Expulsion of Rice University Student - 13 May 2023
• Mission CISD Becomes Fifth Texas School System to Win Appeal Over Firm’s Trademark Infringement Claim - 27 April 2023
• Sharyland ISD Can’t Block School Bus Accident Lawsuit - 20 April 2023
• Ex-Principal Can’t Escape SBEC’s Sanction for Saying he Wished he Could Shoot Teachers - 17 April 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Says Universities Can Revoke Degrees - 10 April 2023
• Katy ISD Wins Appeal Involving “Repeatedly Tased” 11th Grade Special-Ed Student - 3 April 2023
• Ex-Katy ISD Football Team Captain Loses Appeal Over Aftermath of Viral Three-Second Snapchat Video - 3 April 2023
• McAllen ISD and IDEA Charter Didn’t Commit Trademark Infringement - 20 March 2023
• La Joya ISD Can’t Block Insurance Agency’s $3.35 Million Lawsuit - 11 March 2023
• Unsuccessful Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against Lewisville ISD Wasn’t “Frivolous” - 11 March 2023
• Student Athlete’s Mom Loses (for now) Effort to Advance Possible Lawsuit Against Six Gordon ISD Employees - 6 March 2023
• United ISD Teacher’s Retaliation/Discrimination Claims are Mostly Dismissed - 6 March 2023
• Activist’s $299,200+ Judgment Against Houston ISD Affirmed - 28 February 2023
• Fired Harmony Charter Teacher Wasn’t Discriminated Against - 28 February 2023
• Fort Worth ISD was Justified in Firing Teacher Over Anti-Immigrant Tweets - 4 February 2023
• Failed Fax Transmission Helps Kill Whistleblower Suit Against Houston ISD - 27 January 2023
• TASB’s Insurance Fund Can’t Block Colorado ISD’s Lawsuit Over Hailstorm Damage Claim - 20 January 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Removes Major Roadblock in TEA’s Journey to Take Over Houston ISD - 16 January 2023
• Austin ISD Not Liable Over Alleged Harassment of Trump-Supporting Student - 10 January 2023

COVID-19

• Dallas ISD Properly Fired Teacher for Refusing to Return to In-Person Instruction after COVID’s Shutdown of Schools Ended - 14 May 2024
• Baylor College of Medicine Suffers Appeals Court Loss in COVID Business Interruption Insurance Claim Denial - 12 February 2024
• “Anti-Vax” Texas Parents Can’t Sue Feds Over Allowing Children to be Vaccinated Against COVID - 24 January 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Two COVID-Era Lawsuits as “Moot” - 27 October 2023
• Dismissed: Lawsuit by Parents who Opposed Austin ISD’s COVID-19 Mask Mandate - 10 August 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Upholds Governor’s “No Mask” Mandate Order Against Local Governments - 30 June 2023
• Months-Old Complaint Over Lubbock ISD’s COVID-19 Policy Dismissed - 10 April 2023

Crime

• Ex-Valentine ISD Business Manager Admits to Stealing $300,000 in District Funds - 25 November 2024
• Former Texas Counseling Association President Sentenced to 28 Years for Sexually Exploiting Children - 8 November 2024
• Guilty Plea Exposes Plot to Commit “Mass Murder Attacks” at Two New Braunfels Area High Schools and a Buc-ee’s - 4 November 2024
• Five Charged in Houston ISD Centered $1 Million Teacher Certification Cheating Scheme - 29 October 2024
• Feds Arrest Ex-Business Manager of 24-Student Valentine ISD on Theft Charges - 27 June 2024

Curriculum & Instruction

• TEA: State Law Requiring Prior Written Parental Consent for Sex Education Instruction Expired Aug. 1 - 1 August 2024
• TEA to Hire Contractors to help SBOE Adopt Vocabulary Lists and Lists of Literary Works - 5 December 2023
• SBOE Starts to Closely Scrutinize Innovative Course Requests to Eliminate “Redundancy” - 27 June 2023

Cybersecurity

• Anti-TikTok/China Surveillance Tech Ban Model Policy Posted for State and Local Governments - 22 September 2024
• ATPE Data Breach Potentially Exposed Personal info of 426,280 Individuals - 24 June 2024
• State to Award $8.4 Million to Local Governmental Entities for Cybersecurity Projects - 19 January 2024
• Governor Encourages Texas Students to Participate in Cybersecurity Training - 19 October 2023
• TEA Launches “TX K-12 Cybersecurity Initiative” - 26 September 2023

Education Commissioner

• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1 of 2) - 3 December 2024
• New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader - 21 November 2024
• Abbott Appointed Justices Set Oral Arguments for Nov. 18 on TEA’s Blocked 2023 A-F Accountability Ratings Release - 31 October 2024
• 2024 Elementary/Middle School STAAR Results - 14 June 2024
• Ex-Lancaster ISD Superintendent Loses Appeal to Resinstate Voided $2 Million+ Severance Agreement - 31 May 2024
• Education Commissioner Picks Five Finalist Charter Applicants - 28 May 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to April 15 - 7 March 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Accountability Ratings Lawsuit Extended to March 1 - 22 February 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Lampasas ISD’s “Stonewalling” Tactic in Detachment Dispute with Education Commissioner & Copperas Cove ISD - 16 February 2024
• TEA to Transition Marlin ISD Back to Elected School Board - 12 February 2024
• Education Commissioner Replaces La Joya ISD’s Superintendent and School Board - 1 February 2024
• Fifth Circuit Panel Reinstates Injunction Blocking Texas From Enforcing School Library Book Ratings Law - 17 January 2024
• Deadline for Completing Next Legal Step in “A-F” Ratings Lawsuit Pushed to Feb. 9 - 8 January 2024
• Appeals Court Extends Timeline in A-F Lawsuit Schedule - 4 December 2023
• Federal Judge’s “Precedent Setting” Ruling Says SBEC Unlawfully Rejected Military Spouse’s Out-of-State Certification - 22 November 2023
• November 14-17 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 21 November 2023
• Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing - 17 November 2023
• Appeals Court Allows TEA to Release 2023 A-F Accountability “Informational” Items - 10 November 2023
• Judge Temporarily Blocks Release of Next Round of A-F Accountability Ratings - 27 October 2023
• TEA’s A-F Accountability Ratings Release Date Delayed Until Late October or Early November - 12 September 2023
• Morath Tells SBOE that the “A-F” Lawsuit Filed Against him is “Without Merit” - 1 September 2023
• Seven ISDs File Suit Over TEA’s Upcoming “A-F” Accountability Ratings Release - 25 August 2023
• Five Charter Applicants Make Commissioner’s Final List - 9 June 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Enters Boundary Dispute Between Lampasas and Copperas Cove ISDs - 2 June 2023
• TEA Adopts Final School Facility Safety and Security Standards - 2 June 2023
• New Superintendent, Board of Managers Announced for Houston ISD - 1 June 2023
• Commissioner’s Comments to SBOE - 13 April 2023

Elections

• Final November SBOE Races Set with Tuesday’s Republican Primary Run-Off Wins by Tom Maynard and Pam Little - 29 May 2024
• Longtime SBOE member Pat Hardy Loses Republican Primary Re-Election Bid - 6 March 2024
• Six of the Seven SBOE Members Whose Terms are Expiring Filed for Re-Election - 14 December 2023
• Unsuccessful Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against Lewisville ISD Wasn’t “Frivolous” - 11 March 2023

Employees

• Adopted TEA Rule: School Employee Mental Health Training - 2 December 2024
• Fifth Circuit Dismisses Fired Grapeland ISD Administrator’s “Shotgun” Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 16 October 2024
• Survey: Texas School Nurses List Workloads and Lack of Understanding of their Roles by Parents/Administrators as Top Concerns - 25 September 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 22 July 2024
• Lubbock ISD’s Voiding of an Administrator’s Contract Upheld - 18 June 2024
• Fifth Circuit Partially Revives Ex-Dallas ISD Administrator’s Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 11 June 2024
• Ex-Houston ISD Teacher’s Termination Appeal Came 22 Years Too Late - 10 June 2024
• Fired Charter School Teacher Loses Appeal - 7 June 2024
• Dallas ISD Properly Fired Teacher for Refusing to Return to In-Person Instruction after COVID’s Shutdown of Schools Ended - 14 May 2024
• Texas AFT Member Poll: Most are Burned Out and are Considering Quitting - 28 February 2024
• Ex-Denton ISD Coach Can’t Force School Board to Consider his Grievance Over Conflict with Another Coach - 13 November 2023
• $100K Bond set for ISD Superintendent Arrested for “Solicitation of a Minor” in Sting Operation - 2 June 2023

Federal

• Ex-Valentine ISD Business Manager Admits to Stealing $300,000 in District Funds - 25 November 2024
• OSHA Seeks $257,183 in Fines from Texas School Furnishings Manufacturer/Designer Artco-Bell - 29 October 2024
• UT Southwestern Medical Center to Pay $900K to Resolve Alleged Systemic Racial Hiring Discrimination - 21 October 2024
• Feds Arrest Ex-Business Manager of 24-Student Valentine ISD on Theft Charges - 27 June 2024
• AG Paxton Warns Texas Schools Against Complying with Federal Guidance to Protect LGBTQ+ Students from Discrimination - 19 June 2024
• Feds Say Law Enforcement’s “Cascading Failures” During and After Robb Elementary Mass Shooting Cost Lives - 18 January 2024
• $3 Million Federal Grant to Help Texas A&M Tackle Teacher Shortages - 4 October 2023
• Agreement Ends Fed’s Inquiry into Pflugerville ISD’s Faulty Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Investigation - 21 August 2023
• Feds say Texas meets special education standards - 26 June 2023
• EPA’s 2023 Clean School Bus Grant Program - 24 April 2023

Governor

• Gov. Abbott Appoints Leslie Recine to State Board Of Education - 4 November 2024
• New Tool Launched to Streamline Texas Public University Application Process - 11 October 2024
• Anti-Fentanyl Video to Play at Texas High School Football Games this Month - 4 October 2024
• Gov. Abbott Announces New “Sentinel” Texas School Safety System - 25 July 2024
• Governor Appoints Aaron Kinsey as SBOE’s New Chair - 19 December 2023
• Abbott Claims Deal Reached with House Leaders to Lift Voucher Blockade by Increasing Public School $$$$$ - 31 October 2023
• TEA Posts Educational Resources on the Middle East Conflict for Texas Students - 20 October 2023
• Governor Encourages Texas Students to Participate in Cybersecurity Training - 19 October 2023
• Special Session’s Topics Include Education Savings Accounts, Border Security and More - 5 October 2023
• Abbott Confirms Plans for October School Choice Focused Special Session, with Another One Likely if Needed - 20 September 2023
• A Governor’s Executive Order is a “Law,” AG Opinion Suggests - 14 September 2023
• Governor Announces 150 “Purple Star” Designated Campuses - 24 August 2023
• Lowered Flags and Moment of Silence Set to Mark Wednesday’s First Anniversary of Uvalde Tragedy - 23 May 2023
• Recent Mask Rulings - 11 March 2023

Headline Archives

• April 2024 - 6 June 2024
• May 1-15, 2024 - 6 June 2024
• Earliest May 16 2024 Elsewhere Accordian - 6 June 2024
• May 16-31 2024 Elsewhere Accordion - 6 June 2024

Health

• Study: Toxic Air in Texas High Schools - 9 December 2024
• Adopted TEA Rule: School Employee Mental Health Training - 2 December 2024
• DSHS Posts Proposed School Related Asthma Medication Rule Revisions for Public Comment - 18 November 2024
• DSHS Issues Pertussis Alert Amid State and National Surges - 12 November 2024
• Anti-Fentanyl Video to Play at Texas High School Football Games this Month - 4 October 2024
• October Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month Resources - 27 September 2024
• Survey: Texas School Nurses List Workloads and Lack of Understanding of their Roles by Parents/Administrators as Top Concerns - 25 September 2024
• Walk Across Texas! Youth - 23 September 2024
• UIL Medical Advisory Committee Focuses on Hot Weather Rules and Football Helmets - 10 September 2024
• Texas A&M AgriLife’s Teen Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program - 15 August 2024
• New UIL Hot Weather Rules for Outdoor Marching Band and Athletic Activities Include “Cold Water Immersion” Requirement - 23 April 2024
• Abstinence Education Grants - 4 March 2024
• DSHS Survey: Texas School Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Ranks High Amid Concerns Over Working Conditions and Pay - 16 February 2024
• Texas Launches New Respiratory Virus Online Info Tools - 25 January 2024
• School Health Program Website Updates - 16 January 2024
• DSHS to Award Two $10,000 Texas School Health Grants - 4 December 2023
• Free Telemedicine Mental Health Care Services for Texas Schools - 2 October 2023
• 2023 Texas School Nurse Workforce Survey - 2 October 2023
• Study Tracks Texas Youth Being Treated for Depression or Suicidal Thoughts - 10 September 2023
• Conscientious Exemptions for Required K-12 Student Vaccinations Continued Upward Spiral in School Year 2022-23 - 29 August 2023
• Updated Guidelines for the Care of Students with Food Allergies - 21 April 2023

Higher-Ed

• UT Austin sees record number of freshman applications for Fall 2025 - 9 December 2024
• Gov. Abbott Prohibits Texas Public College Tuition and Fee Increases for Upcoming Biennium - 13 November 2024
• UT Southwestern Medical Center to Pay $900K to Resolve Alleged Systemic Racial Hiring Discrimination - 21 October 2024
• New Tool Launched to Streamline Texas Public University Application Process - 11 October 2024
• UIL Gets New Home on UT Austin’s Organizational Chart — Thanks to State’s DEI Ban - 5 April 2024
• UT Austin Reinstates Standardized Test Score Requirement for Undergraduate Admissions - 11 March 2024
• Texas Tech “Policy Brief” Casts Doubt on Fully Online Teacher Preparation Quality - 13 October 2023
• $3 Million Federal Grant to Help Texas A&M Tackle Teacher Shortages - 4 October 2023
• Report: $12.5B in College Financial Aid in 2021-22 Still Left Texas Students with Significant “Unmet Need” - 29 August 2023
• “My Texas Future” Digital Tool Connects Working-Age Adult Texans with Postsecondary Info/Resources - 29 August 2023
• Course Guide Tracks Transferable Math Credits Among Texas Public Colleges/Universities - 9 August 2023
• All Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni at Every UT Academic Campus now have Access to Free “Microcredential” Program - 7 August 2023
• Fifth Circuit Says UNT Can Continue Charging Out-of-State Students Higher Tuition than Undocumented Texans - 11 July 2023
• U.S. Supreme Court Voids Race Based College Admissions Programs - 29 June 2023
• UT Dallas Can Require Tenured Professor to Give Students Homework Instead of Quizzes - 12 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit: Illegal “Anti-Male Bias” May have Prompted Expulsion of Rice University Student - 13 May 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Says Universities Can Revoke Degrees - 10 April 2023
• Three New Texas Higher-Ed Student Success Initiatives Announced - 27 March 2023
• Rice University Announces $3,110 Tuition Hike for the 2023-24 Academic Year - 20 March 2023

Home Schools

• UIL: 44 ISDs and Charters Will Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their School Year 2024-25 League Activities - 14 August 2024
• New TEA Rule Financially Incentivizes Public Schools to Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their UIL Activities - 26 July 2024

Instructional Materials

• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1 of 2) - 3 December 2024
• The SBOE — by a One-Vote Margin — Tentatively Approves Grades K-5 Reading Curriculum that Includes Bible Stories - 20 November 2024
• TEA Releases Updated Open Source “Bluebonnet Learning” Instructional Materials - 17 October 2024
• Public Feedback Sought on First Instructional Materials to Be Approved Under HB1605 - 29 May 2024
• Adopted Public School Library Standards Prohibit “Sexually Explicit” Books - 18 December 2023
• TEA Seeks Reviewers for Science Instructional Materials - 28 April 2023

Legislature

• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1 of 2) - 3 December 2024
• TEA: State Law Requiring Prior Written Parental Consent for Sex Education Instruction Expired Aug. 1 - 1 August 2024
• Texas AG Asked if Districts are “Skirting” State Law on Chaplains in Schools - 29 July 2024
• Abbott Claims Deal Reached with House Leaders to Lift Voucher Blockade by Increasing Public School $$$$$ - 31 October 2023
• Public Comments Sought on Proposed School Library Standards - 30 October 2023
• Special Session’s Topics Include Education Savings Accounts, Border Security and More - 5 October 2023
• Abbott Confirms Plans for October School Choice Focused Special Session, with Another One Likely if Needed - 20 September 2023
• The 88th Legislature’s Regular Session’s New School Laws - 5 July 2023
• SBOE Receives 88th Legislature Regular Session Update - 3 July 2023
• Legislative Update – May 9 to 8 a.m. Monday, May 15 - 15 May 2023
• Legislative Update – Through 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 9 - 9 May 2023
• Legislative Update (March 27 to 8 a.m. Thursday, April 5) - 6 April 2023
• Legislative Update – March 20 to 8 a.m. Monday, March 27 - 27 March 2023
• AG Paxton Says School Choice is Legal in Texas - 21 March 2023
• Legislative Update – March 13 to 8 a.m. Monday, March 20 - 20 March 2023
• Senate Ed Chair Asks AG About Legality of a “Texas Education Savings Account” Program - 13 March 2023
• Legislative Update – March 6 to Sunday, March 12 - 12 March 2023

Libraries

• Commissioner Dismisses Fredericksburg ISD Parent’s Challenge to About 48 “Restricted” School Library Books - 18 June 2024
• Fifth Circuit Panel Reinstates Injunction Blocking Texas From Enforcing School Library Book Ratings Law - 17 January 2024
• Adopted Public School Library Standards Prohibit “Sexually Explicit” Books - 18 December 2023
• Public Comments Sought on Proposed School Library Standards - 30 October 2023
• Oral Arguments Set for Nov. 29 in Legal Fight Over Texas’ School Library Book Rating Law - 12 October 2023
• Fifth Circuit Panel Allows Texas to Enforce School Library Book Rating Law (for now) - 26 September 2023
• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks — and Harshly Criticizes — Texas’ New School Library Book Rating Law - 19 September 2023
• Divided SBOE Vetoes SBEC’s New School Librarian Certification Standards - 16 April 2023

Masks

• Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Two COVID-Era Lawsuits as “Moot” - 27 October 2023
• A Governor’s Executive Order is a “Law,” AG Opinion Suggests - 14 September 2023
• Dismissed: Lawsuit by Parents who Opposed Austin ISD’s COVID-19 Mask Mandate - 10 August 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Upholds Governor’s “No Mask” Mandate Order Against Local Governments - 30 June 2023
• Recent Mask Rulings - 11 March 2023

Money

• TEA Cancels Latest “GEAR UP” Federal Grant Application Cycle - 10 December 2024
• $1.92M TEA Grant: “Texas Strategic Staffing for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Programs” - 1 December 2024
• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities to Award Two Grants - 26 July 2024
• Grants for Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Equipment - 5 June 2024
• School Safety Resources and Grants Finder Tool - 20 May 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for SBOE Parliamentarian - 14 April 2024
• Career and Technical Education Grants - 25 March 2024
• Abstinence Education Grants - 4 March 2024
• Texas Clean School Bus Program Grants - 14 February 2024
• TEA “Grow Your Own” Program Grants - 1 February 2024
• TEA Autism Related Grants - 30 January 2024
• Texas Alternative Fueling Facilities Program Grants - 23 January 2024
• State to Award $8.4 Million to Local Governmental Entities for Cybersecurity Projects - 19 January 2024
• DSHS to Award Two $10,000 Texas School Health Grants - 4 December 2023
• Schools to Share in Upcoming State Opioid Abatement Grant Program - 30 November 2023
• Reimbursable ISD Grants for Interior and Exterior LED Lighting Retrofits - 30 November 2023
• “Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries” Grants - 3 October 2023
• “Local Food for Texas Schools” Reimbursements - 26 September 2023
• EPA’s 2023 Clean School Bus Grant Program - 24 April 2023
• Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Program - 5 April 2023
• Dual Credit CTE Equipment Grants - 20 March 2023
• Governmental Alternative Fuel Fleet Grant Program - 20 March 2023

News Briefs

• Anti-Fentanyl Video to Play at Texas High School Football Games this Month - 4 October 2024
• Texas Law Enforcement Online Licensure Lookup Service Launches - 3 September 2024
• Texas ACLU Launches Redesigned K-12 Focused “Students’ Rights Hub” - 13 August 2024
• New Grant Program Seeks to Boost Number of Qualified Workers in High-Demand Texas Jobs - 6 June 2024
• Take the “TEA Customer Satisfaction Survey 2024” - 2 May 2024
• TEA: Financial Aid Application Submission Mandate for High School Seniors Remains Unchanged - 11 April 2024
• TWC Launches “MyTxCareer” App to Connect Texans with Career Pathways - 11 January 2024
• UIL Issues Guidance on New Law about Parental Option for Students to Repeat a Grade - 17 September 2023
• Study Tracks Texas Youth Being Treated for Depression or Suicidal Thoughts - 10 September 2023
• “My Texas Future” Digital Tool Connects Working-Age Adult Texans with Postsecondary Info/Resources - 29 August 2023
• Governor Announces 150 “Purple Star” Designated Campuses - 24 August 2023
• TWC Awards $2.3 Million for Texas High School Robotics Programs - 9 August 2023
• All Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni at Every UT Academic Campus now have Access to Free “Microcredential” Program - 7 August 2023
• Updated Suicide Prevention Resources - 26 May 2023
• Lowered Flags and Moment of Silence Set to Mark Wednesday’s First Anniversary of Uvalde Tragedy - 23 May 2023
• “Flashing Lights” Video Moves to YouTube - 4 May 2023
• High School Student “Health Ambassadors” Sought to Help Promote School Nutrition Programs - 24 April 2023
• Updated Guidelines for the Care of Students with Food Allergies - 21 April 2023

Parents

• Commissioner Dismisses Fredericksburg ISD Parent’s Challenge to About 48 “Restricted” School Library Books - 18 June 2024
• Registered “Low Risk” Sex Offender Parent Loses Appeal Over Odem-Edroy ISD’s School Entry Restrictions - 10 June 2024
• Disabled Parent Loses Appeal Over Frisco ISD’s Mandatory Online Student Registration Process - 8 December 2023
• Venus ISD Wrongly Rejected Parental Request to Opt Student Out of Accelerated Instruction - 6 November 2023
• UIL Posts Info About “Residence Rule” Revision - 1 November 2023
• Parental Appeals Against Two Charters Dismissed - 4 October 2023
• Devers ISD’s Board Properly Based Teacher’s Nonrenewal on “Anonymous” Statements by Students and Parents - 2 October 2023
• Commissioner Dismisses Parental Appeals Involving Coppell, Frisco and Garland ISDs - 1 October 2023
• UIL Issues Guidance on New Law about Parental Option for Students to Repeat a Grade - 17 September 2023
• Dismissed: Lawsuit by Parents who Opposed Austin ISD’s COVID-19 Mask Mandate - 10 August 2023
• McKinney ISD Skipped a Required Step in Banning Parent from District’s Property for Two Years - 7 June 2023
• Fifth Circuit Loosens the “Absolute Bar” on Parents without Lawyers Filing Federal Lawsuits on Behalf of Their Children - 5 June 2023
• Sinton ISD Parental Complaint Dismissed Over How their Child was Drug Tested at School - 28 May 2023
• Richardson ISD Parent Loses Appeal Over a PG Rated Disney Movie Shown to her Child at School - 4 May 2023
• Alvarado ISD’s Decision to Ban Registered Sex Offender Parent from a Campus Event is Upheld - 18 April 2023
• Parents can Opt Out of Answering Gender Specific UIL Student Medical History Form Questions by School Year 2024-25 - 17 April 2023
• Hearne ISD Parent’s Special-Ed Appeal to Commissioner Dismissed - 23 January 2023
• Gladewater ISD Granted Special-Ed Camera Installation Deadline Extension - 2 January 2023

Property Taxes

• Appeals Court Dismisses Property Tax Lawsuit Lyford CISD and 16 Taxpayers Filed Against South Texas ISD - 4 August 2024
• Texas AG Asked to Clarify “Over 65/Disabled” Property Tax Exemption Provision - 8 January 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Iraan-Sheffield ISD’s “Tax Ferret Contract” with a Lawyer - 22 May 2023

Public Info/Open Meetings

• Texas AG Issues Opinion on “Boilerplate” Executive Session Agenda Language - 4 October 2024
• Texas Law Enforcement Online Licensure Lookup Service Launches - 3 September 2024
• Local Government Retention Schedules 101 - 2 February 2024
• Ex-Webb CISD Husband/Wife Board Members Lose Appeal Over Documents Request Denial - 17 December 2023

Quick Tip

• Grades K-to-5 “Take Care of Texas” Art Contest (Save the Date) - 12 November 2024
• $2,000 Texas History Research Fellowship - 21 October 2024
• New Tool Launched to Streamline Texas Public University Application Process - 11 October 2024
• TDA Launches 2024’s “Texas Farm Fresh Challenge” for Schools - 4 October 2024
• TMA’s $62,000 K-12 “Excellence in Science Teaching” Awards Program - 2 October 2024
• Texas Fish Art Contest for Students in Grades K to 12 - 30 September 2024
• October Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month Resources - 27 September 2024
• New Youth Resource Map Connects Texas Homeless Youth with Essential Services - 24 September 2024
• DPS Highlights iWatchTexas Program Ahead of Wednesday’s “If You See Something, Say Something” Awareness Day - 24 September 2024
• Walk Across Texas! Youth - 23 September 2024
• 2025 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards - 3 September 2024
• “Young Ambassadors” Sought to Share Health Related Info with Texas Youth with Disabilities - 22 August 2024
• TEA Asks High School Principals to Nominate Outstanding Students for Two Upcoming National Programs - 19 August 2024
• Texas A&M AgriLife’s Teen Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program - 15 August 2024
• Texas 4-H Foundation Launches $4 Million Fundraising Campaign - 27 June 2024
• Take Care of Texas Ambassador Program for Teachers - 17 June 2024
• TWC’s Annual Program Connects Students with Disabilities to Meaningful Summer Employment - 28 May 2024
• “Junior Master Gardener” Educator Training - 20 May 2024
• 2024 “Texas Great Read” Youth and Adult Selections Announced - 10 May 2024
• SBOE Seeks “Heroes for Children” Nominations - 2 May 2024
• Summer Camps for Young Texas Historians - 24 April 2024
• The TEA’s 2024 Texas School Law Bulletin - 2 April 2024
• Women in Public Finance — Texas Chapter Scholarship Program - 10 March 2024
• Nominate a 2024 SBOE “Student Hero” - 19 February 2024
• Local Government Retention Schedules 101 - 2 February 2024
• TEA Teacher Leadership Fellowships - 1 February 2024
• Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest Seeks Entries from All Age Groups - 26 January 2024
• Texas Leadership Scholars Program Offers “Full-Ride” College Scholarships - 25 January 2024
• Texas Students Encouraged to Enter National Geographic’s “Slingshot Challenge” Video Contest - 11 January 2024
• “Take Care of Texas” Kids Art Contest - 11 January 2024
• Caribbean Cruises Among Prizes in K-to-6 “Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest” - 10 January 2024
• 2024 Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest - 12 December 2023
• New Resource for Texans Experiencing Family, Dating or Other Types of Violence - 6 December 2023
• DSHS to Award Two $10,000 Texas School Health Grants - 4 December 2023
• TCEQ Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program - 16 November 2023
• New State Program Aims to Help Teachers and Others Become First-Time Homeowners - 12 November 2023
• Three Original Texas School Meal Recipes Introduced - 30 October 2023
• TEA Posts Educational Resources on the Middle East Conflict for Texas Students - 20 October 2023
• Governor Encourages Texas Students to Participate in Cybersecurity Training - 19 October 2023
• “Texas State Symbols” Website Launched - 5 October 2023
• Humanities Texas to Award 15 Outstanding Teachers $5,000 Each - 3 October 2023
• “Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries” Grants - 3 October 2023
• Fish Art Contest for Texas Students in Grades K to 12 - 27 September 2023
• “School Field Trip Worthy” Texas Memorial Museum Reopens with a New Name, New Exhibits — and Much More - 26 September 2023
• H-E-B Accepting Nominations/Applications for Excellence in Education Awards Program - 18 September 2023
• “Take Care of Texas” Video Contest - 13 September 2023
• Course Guide Tracks Transferable Math Credits Among Texas Public Colleges/Universities - 9 August 2023
• Fentanyl Awareness Toolkits for Texas Schools - 1 May 2023
• 2023 Texas Rain Catcher Award - 1 May 2023
• High School Student “Health Ambassadors” Sought to Help Promote School Nutrition Programs - 24 April 2023
• Three New Texas Higher-Ed Student Success Initiatives Announced - 27 March 2023
• Go on a Virtual Field Trip - 15 March 2023

Reports & Research

• Study: Toxic Air in Texas High Schools - 9 December 2024
• LBB Issues Wharton ISD Performance Review - 1 December 2024
• TASB/TASA Survey: Median Texas ISD Superintendent Pay = $153,176 for This School Year - 22 November 2024
• New Analysis: 78% of Tested Texas Schools, Daycares Found Lead in Drinking Water - 17 October 2024
• Texas “Healthcare Workforce Task Force” Final Report Includes CTE Recommendations - 2 October 2024
• Survey: Texas School Nurses List Workloads and Lack of Understanding of their Roles by Parents/Administrators as Top Concerns - 25 September 2024
• Voters Approved $7.6 Billion in School Bonds on May 4 - 23 May 2024
• NEA/TSTA: Texas Teacher Pay Averages $9,236 Less than National Average - 1 May 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 22 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 16 April 2024
• TEA Data: ISD and Charter Combined Budgeted Employee Pay Averages $53,586 this School Year - 10 April 2024
• TEA: Charters Collected Nearly $7.2 Million in Fees in SY 2021-22 - 8 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Special-Ed Enrollment Increased to 14 percent of State’s Total Students - 28 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD and Charter Enrollment Rankings - 25 March 2024
• TEA: Nearly 76,000 Students were placed on Charter Admissions Waitlists this School Year - 21 March 2024
• TEA Data: Record 7.6 percent of all Texas Public School Students are Enrolled in Charters this School Year - 18 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Combined ISD and Charter Enrollments Set Record for Second Consecutive Year - 13 March 2024
• DSHS Survey: Texas School Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Ranks High Amid Concerns Over Working Conditions and Pay - 16 February 2024
• TEA Releases 2023 Annual Report - 30 January 2024
• TEA: 467 ISDs and Charters Failed to Spend State-Law Required Special Allotment Minimums - 29 January 2024
• TEA Releases School Year 2022-23 Bus Accident Data - 29 November 2023
• Pesticide Safety Report Maps Texas’ and Nation’s Schools Near Crop Fields - 27 November 2023
• Texas ISD Superintendent Pay Averages $172,185 for 2023-24, TASB/TASA Survey Says - 8 November 2023
• TEA: Teacher Attrition Rates and Uncertified Teacher Hires Reached Record Highs this School Year - 27 April 2023
• TSTA: Texas Lags Behind Nation in Teacher Pay and Per-Pupil Spending - 25 April 2023
• TEA Releases Final 2022-23 Enrollment Data - 24 April 2023
• 2022-23 Texas Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 5 April 2023
• School Year 2022-23 Texas ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 31 March 2023
• TEA Data Reflects Record Public School Enrollment This School Year - 29 March 2023
• TEA Reports Charter “Waitlist” Data - 27 March 2023
• TEA Reports 2022-23 ISD/Charter Budgeted Pay and Staffing Data - 26 March 2023

Rural Schools

• TEA Rules Update - 5 August 2024

SBEC & Certification

• TEA Releases Names of “First Batch” of 100+ Teachers Under SBEC Investigation in Certification Cheating Scheme - 5 December 2024
• $1.92M TEA Grant: “Texas Strategic Staffing for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Programs” - 1 December 2024
• Five Charged in Houston ISD Centered $1 Million Teacher Certification Cheating Scheme - 29 October 2024
• Settlement Ends (for now) SBEC’s Quest to Shutter State’s Largest Ed-Prep Program - 20 September 2024
• April SBEC Board Meeting Highlights - 2 May 2024
• TEA Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Complaint Over “Science of Teaching Reading” Certification Exam - 19 April 2024
• TEA Puts Educator Certification Exam Contract Up for Bid - 4 December 2023
• Federal Judge’s “Precedent Setting” Ruling Says SBEC Unlawfully Rejected Military Spouse’s Out-of-State Certification - 22 November 2023
• Texas Tech “Policy Brief” Casts Doubt on Fully Online Teacher Preparation Quality - 13 October 2023
• Appeals Court Narrows Injunction’s Focus in “A+ Texas Teachers” Legal Fight to Prevent Closure by SBEC - 7 August 2023
• Forney ISD Special-Ed Teacher had “Good Cause” to Abandon his Contract Due to Physically and Verbally “Aggressive” Students - 27 July 2023
• Appeals Court Reinstates SBEC’s Permanent Revocation of Former “Life School” Charter Teacher’s Certification - 24 July 2023
• TEA Asks Appeals Court to Lift Temporary Order in Lawsuit Filed by State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 6 June 2023
• Appeals Court Temporarily Halts TEA’s Effort to Shut Down State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 4 June 2023
• April 28 SBEC Board Meeting Highlights - 2 May 2023
• Ex-Principal Can’t Escape SBEC’s Sanction for Saying he Wished he Could Shoot Teachers - 17 April 2023
• Divided SBOE Vetoes SBEC’s New School Librarian Certification Standards - 16 April 2023

SBOE

• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 2 of 2) - 9 December 2024
• November 18-22 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1 of 2) - 3 December 2024
• The SBOE — by a One-Vote Margin — Tentatively Approves Grades K-5 Reading Curriculum that Includes Bible Stories - 20 November 2024
• Adopted TEA and SBOE Rules: Instructional Materials, Innovative Courses, Tased Students, Special Ed, Opioids - 4 November 2024
• Gov. Abbott Appoints Leslie Recine to State Board Of Education - 4 November 2024
• TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions - 3 November 2024
• TEA Releases Updated Open Source “Bluebonnet Learning” Instructional Materials - 17 October 2024
• Proposed SBOE/TEA Rules Include Major School Board Trainer Revisions - 11 October 2024
• June 25-28 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 2 of 2) - 8 July 2024
• June 25-28 SBOE Meeting Highlights (Part 1) - 2 July 2024
• 2024 “Dyslexia Handbook” Update and Revised Rules Become Effective June 30 - 27 June 2024
• Public Feedback Sought on First Instructional Materials to Be Approved Under HB1605 - 29 May 2024
• Final November SBOE Races Set with Tuesday’s Republican Primary Run-Off Wins by Tom Maynard and Pam Little - 29 May 2024
• Education Commissioner Picks Five Finalist Charter Applicants - 28 May 2024
• TEA Posts “Generation 29” Charter Applicant Interview Schedule - 7 May 2024
• SBOE Seeks “Heroes for Children” Nominations - 2 May 2024
• Nine Charter Applicants Advance to Semifinalist Stage - 18 April 2024
• April 9-12 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 18 April 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for SBOE Parliamentarian - 14 April 2024
• Longtime SBOE member Pat Hardy Loses Republican Primary Re-Election Bid - 6 March 2024
• Nominate a 2024 SBOE “Student Hero” - 19 February 2024
• Jan. 30-Feb. 2 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 6 February 2024
• Governor Appoints Aaron Kinsey as SBOE’s New Chair - 19 December 2023
• Adopted Public School Library Standards Prohibit “Sexually Explicit” Books - 18 December 2023
• Six of the Seven SBOE Members Whose Terms are Expiring Filed for Re-Election - 14 December 2023
• TEA to Hire Contractors to help SBOE Adopt Vocabulary Lists and Lists of Literary Works - 5 December 2023
• November 14-17 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 21 November 2023
• Public Comments Sought on Proposed School Library Standards - 30 October 2023
• PSF Plans Year-Long Headquarters Move to New UT Austin Office Tower - 21 September 2023
• Morath Tells SBOE that the “A-F” Lawsuit Filed Against him is “Without Merit” - 1 September 2023
• SBOE Receives 88th Legislature Regular Session Update - 3 July 2023
• SBOE Starts to Closely Scrutinize Innovative Course Requests to Eliminate “Redundancy” - 27 June 2023
• More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule - 26 June 2023
• SBOE “Approves” Four New Charter Applicants — and Rejects a Fifth Applicant - 26 June 2023
• June 2023 SBOE Meeting Info - 26 June 2023
• June SBOE Meeting Highlights - 26 June 2023
• Likely IRS Action will Increase PSF Bond Guarantee Program Capacity - 12 May 2023
• Report: PSF CEO Holland Timmins to Step Down Amid Controversy - 19 April 2023
• Divided SBOE Vetoes SBEC’s New School Librarian Certification Standards - 16 April 2023
• April 2023 SBOE Committee Meeting Minutes - 14 April 2023
• Commissioner’s Comments to SBOE - 13 April 2023
• PSF has $5.4 Billion Left to Guarantee School Bonds - 5 April 2023
• Feb. 2-3 SBOE Meeting Highlights - 8 February 2023
• First SBOE Meeting of 2023 Gets Off to an Icy Start - 8 February 2023
• SBOE Approves a $6 Billion Step to Temporarily Address PSF School Bond Guarantee Crisis - 7 February 2023
• SBOE Committee Asks TEA to Draft Possible Revisions to Hearing Examiner Rule - 6 February 2023

School Boards

• New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader - 21 November 2024
• Edgewood ISD Trustee’s Mom Fails to Convince Commissioner to Revise School Board’s Censure of her Son - 7 November 2024
• TASB Responds to SBOE’s Proposed Local ISD Board Training Rule Revisions - 3 November 2024
• Fifth Circuit Dismisses Fired Grapeland ISD Administrator’s “Shotgun” Federal Employment Discrimination Lawsuit - 16 October 2024
• Proposed SBOE/TEA Rules Include Major School Board Trainer Revisions - 11 October 2024
• Commissioner Turns to Dictionary in Upholding Firing of Galveston ISD Probationary Teacher - 11 October 2024
• Commissioner Affirms Decisions by Lewisville and Frisco ISD Boards to Reject Annexation/Detachment Petitions - 8 October 2024
• Edcouch-Elsa ISD Doesn’t have to Pay Consultants who Helped in Securing Grants Totaling about $8 Million - 9 August 2024
• TASA Announces Five Texas Honor Boards for 2024 - 7 August 2024
• Texas AG Asked if Districts are “Skirting” State Law on Chaplains in Schools - 29 July 2024
• Ex-Lancaster ISD Superintendent Loses Appeal to Resinstate Voided $2 Million+ Severance Agreement - 31 May 2024
• Texas Supreme Court Nullifies Lampasas ISD’s “Stonewalling” Tactic in Detachment Dispute with Education Commissioner & Copperas Cove ISD - 16 February 2024
• TEA to Transition Marlin ISD Back to Elected School Board - 12 February 2024
• Education Commissioner Replaces La Joya ISD’s Superintendent and School Board - 1 February 2024
• Garland ISD Can’t Block Building Contractor’s $1.1M Breach-of-Contract Lawsuit - 29 January 2024
• Ex-Webb CISD Husband/Wife Board Members Lose Appeal Over Documents Request Denial - 17 December 2023
• Ex-Denton ISD Coach Can’t Force School Board to Consider his Grievance Over Conflict with Another Coach - 13 November 2023
• More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule - 26 June 2023
• Arlington ISD Employee’s Grievance was Improperly “Abated” - 7 June 2023
• McKinney ISD Skipped a Required Step in Banning Parent from District’s Property for Two Years - 7 June 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Enters Boundary Dispute Between Lampasas and Copperas Cove ISDs - 2 June 2023
• Dallas ISD Employee’s Appeal Dismissed Over “Wrong” Type of Employment Contract Claim - 18 April 2023
• Citizen’s Complaints about a Crockett ISD Elementary School Dismissed - 10 April 2023
• TEA Takes Control of Houston ISD - 15 March 2023
• La Joya ISD Can’t Block Insurance Agency’s $3.35 Million Lawsuit - 11 March 2023
• Unsuccessful Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against Lewisville ISD Wasn’t “Frivolous” - 11 March 2023
• Activist’s $299,200+ Judgment Against Houston ISD Affirmed - 28 February 2023

School Bonds

• Texas Voters Rejected Most of the ISD Athletic Facility Proposals on their November 7 Ballots - 16 November 2023
• More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule - 26 June 2023
• Voters Approved $21.5 Billion in School Bonds on May 6 - 16 May 2023
• Settlement Announced to Compensate Normangee ISD Over State’s Pro-Energy Law - 12 May 2023
• Likely IRS Action will Increase PSF Bond Guarantee Program Capacity - 12 May 2023
• PSF has $5.4 Billion Left to Guarantee School Bonds - 5 April 2023

School Choice & Vouchers

• Abbott Claims Deal Reached with House Leaders to Lift Voucher Blockade by Increasing Public School $$$$$ - 31 October 2023
• Special Session’s Topics Include Education Savings Accounts, Border Security and More - 5 October 2023
• TASB: Poll Shows Texans Support Increased Teacher Pay, Oppose Vouchers - 26 September 2023
• Abbott Confirms Plans for October School Choice Focused Special Session, with Another One Likely if Needed - 20 September 2023
• AG Paxton Says School Choice is Legal in Texas - 21 March 2023
• Senate Ed Chair Asks AG About Legality of a “Texas Education Savings Account” Program - 13 March 2023

School Finance

• TEA Issues Final 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 7 November 2024
• TEA Issues “Updated” Preliminary 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 30 August 2024
• State Auditor: TRS’ CIO earned $773,568 in Incentive Pay for the 2023 “Plan Year” - 16 August 2024
• New TEA Rule Financially Incentivizes Public Schools to Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their UIL Activities - 26 July 2024
• Texas AG Answers an ISD Property Tax Homestead Exemption Question - 10 July 2024
• Voters Approved $7.6 Billion in School Bonds on May 4 - 23 May 2024
• TEA: 467 ISDs and Charters Failed to Spend State-Law Required Special Allotment Minimums - 29 January 2024
• Texas AG Asked to Clarify “Over 65/Disabled” Property Tax Exemption Provision - 8 January 2024
• Landowners Can’t Void Baird ISD’s “Chapter 313” Agreement for Wind Farm Project by Suing Comptroller - 27 November 2023
• Permanent School Fund Hires New CEO - 17 November 2023
• Texas Voters Rejected Most of the ISD Athletic Facility Proposals on their November 7 Ballots - 16 November 2023
• TEA Releases Final 2022-23 ISD and Charter Fiscal Ratings - 6 November 2023
• AG Paxton Issues “ESG” Advisory Letter to Ensure Compliance by Governmental Entities - 18 October 2023
• PSF Plans Year-Long Headquarters Move to New UT Austin Office Tower - 21 September 2023
• Voters Approved $21.5 Billion in School Bonds on May 6 - 16 May 2023
• Likely IRS Action will Increase PSF Bond Guarantee Program Capacity - 12 May 2023
• TSTA: Texas Lags Behind Nation in Teacher Pay and Per-Pupil Spending - 25 April 2023
• Report: PSF CEO Holland Timmins to Step Down Amid Controversy - 19 April 2023
• PSF has $5.4 Billion Left to Guarantee School Bonds - 5 April 2023
• SBOE Approves a $6 Billion Step to Temporarily Address PSF School Bond Guarantee Crisis - 7 February 2023

School Safety

• Guilty Plea Exposes Plot to Commit “Mass Murder Attacks” at Two New Braunfels Area High Schools and a Buc-ee’s - 4 November 2024
• DPS: iWatchTexas Program Received Record Number of School Safety Reports in September - 31 October 2024
• TEA Rule Update: DAEPs - 28 October 2024
• DPS Highlights iWatchTexas Program Ahead of Wednesday’s “If You See Something, Say Something” Awareness Day - 24 September 2024
• El Paso Produced Video Warns: “School Threats are No Joke” - 5 September 2024
• TEA: 87% of Public School Campuses Passed their “Intruder Detection Audit” in School Year 2023-24 - 12 August 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 5 August 2024
• Gov. Abbott Announces New “Sentinel” Texas School Safety System - 25 July 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for Listing in First-Ever School Safety Vendor Technology Directory - 27 June 2024
• School Safety Resources and Grants Finder Tool - 20 May 2024
• Texas AG Paxton Issues School Safety Guidance — and Makes School Resource Officer Training Available - 11 March 2024
• Texas AG Answers a Question about School Marshals - 23 January 2024
• Feds Say Law Enforcement’s “Cascading Failures” During and After Robb Elementary Mass Shooting Cost Lives - 18 January 2024
• AG Doubts Legality of School Systems Hiring “Independent Contractors” as School Resource Officers - 23 October 2023
• TEA to Buy 24 Chevy Vehicles for its New School Safety/Security Fleet - 11 October 2023
• Adopted TEA Rule Governs Mandatory School Drills and Active Threat Exercises - 10 October 2023
• Teen Gets Maximum 40 Year Prison Term in Shooting Death of Arlington ISD Student on School’s Steps - 21 September 2023
• Question About School Marshals Posed to Acting Attorney General - 13 September 2023
• TEA Adopts Final School Facility Safety and Security Standards - 2 June 2023
• AG’s Opinion Sought on Student Resource Officer Question - 23 April 2023

School Transportation

• EPA Opens Fourth Funding Opportunity for Clean School Bus Program Rebates - 30 September 2024
• Analysis: 424 Cleaner Electric School Buses Committed to Texas - 18 September 2024
• Survey: Stopped Texas School Buses Were Illegally Passed an Average of 1.3 Times on a Single Day in April 2024 - 25 July 2024
• Texas Clean School Bus Program Grants - 14 February 2024
• Texas Alternative Fueling Facilities Program Grants - 23 January 2024
• EPA Awards $379M to 19 Texas ISDs for 164 Electric School Buses - 10 January 2024
• DPS to Implement CDL Skills Test Modernization Initiative - 6 December 2023
• TEA Releases School Year 2022-23 Bus Accident Data - 29 November 2023
• Martinsville ISD Reportedly is the First Texas District with an All-Electric School Bus Fleet - 25 October 2023
• Cypress-Fairbanks ISD is not Liable for School Bus Accident - 16 June 2023
• Sharyland ISD Can’t Block School Bus Accident Lawsuit - 20 April 2023

Social Media

• Katy ISD Not Liable in Ex-Quarterback’s Breach-of-Settlement Lawsuit - 3 September 2024
• Facebook’s Parent Company to Pay Texas $1.4 Billion for Using Facial Recognition Without Users’ Permission - 30 July 2024

Special Populations

• TEA Conducts Special-Ed Related Survey - 21 October 2024
• New Youth Resource Map Connects Texas Homeless Youth with Essential Services - 24 September 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 16 September 2024
• “Young Ambassadors” Sought to Share Health Related Info with Texas Youth with Disabilities - 22 August 2024
• Appeals Court Dismisses Property Tax Lawsuit Lyford CISD and 16 Taxpayers Filed Against South Texas ISD - 4 August 2024
• TEA Rules Update — Special-Ed - 29 July 2024
• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities to Award Two Grants - 26 July 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 22 July 2024
• 2024 “Dyslexia Handbook” Update and Revised Rules Become Effective June 30 - 27 June 2024
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Ex-Katy ISD Student Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resources Officer - 21 June 2024
• TEA Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Complaint Over “Science of Teaching Reading” Certification Exam - 19 April 2024
• TEA Autism Related Grants - 30 January 2024
• Disabled Parent Loses Appeal Over Frisco ISD’s Mandatory Online Student Registration Process - 8 December 2023
• Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing - 17 November 2023
• TEA Seeks Special-Ed Mediators - 10 October 2023
• Ex-Katy ISD Special-Ed 11th Grader Loses Third Appeal Over Being Repeatedly Tased by School Resource Officer - 11 September 2023
• Agreement Ends Fed’s Inquiry into Pflugerville ISD’s Faulty Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Investigation - 21 August 2023
• Criminally Charged Alice ISD Special-Ed Teacher Loses Nonrenewal Appeal - 27 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Judges Vote 9-7 Against Reconsidering Ruling That Sided with Fort Bend ISD Employees in Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Lawsuit - 18 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Force TEA to adopt “Special Rule” for 18+ Year Old Special-Ed Students - 11 July 2023
• Fifth Circuit “Un-Dismisses” Ex-Austin ISD Student’s Special-Ed Lawsuit — Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court Decision - 29 June 2023
• Feds say Texas meets special education standards - 26 June 2023
• Private Residential Facility Can’t Challenge Revocation of TEA’s Approval to Serve Special Needs Students - 14 May 2023
• TEA Seeks Mediators and Court Reporters for Special-Ed Proceedings - 28 April 2023
• Katy ISD Wins Appeal Involving “Repeatedly Tased” 11th Grade Special-Ed Student - 3 April 2023
• Hearne ISD Parent’s Special-Ed Appeal to Commissioner Dismissed - 23 January 2023
• Gladewater ISD Granted Special-Ed Camera Installation Deadline Extension - 2 January 2023

STAAR

• 2024 Elementary/Middle School STAAR Results - 14 June 2024
• Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing - 17 November 2023
• Venus ISD Wrongly Rejected Parental Request to Opt Student Out of Accelerated Instruction - 6 November 2023

State Government

• Newly Appointed State Panel Will Study How State Agencies Use Artificial Intelligence - 28 February 2024

STEM

Student Discipline

• TEA Rule Update: DAEPs - 28 October 2024
• Katy ISD Not Liable in Ex-Quarterback’s Breach-of-Settlement Lawsuit - 3 September 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 22 July 2024
• Allen ISD Rebuffs Injury-to-Child Federal Lawsuit - 25 June 2024
• Report: The Principal Cleared of Assault Charge for Paddling Student Didn’t Violate State Law or his ISD’s Policy - 26 October 2023

Surveys & Polls

• Survey: 65 Percent of TSTA’s Teacher Members Considered Quitting as School Year 2023-24 Drew to an End - 7 August 2024
• Texas AFT Member Poll: Most are Burned Out and are Considering Quitting - 28 February 2024
• TASB 2023-24 Teacher Salary Survey Highlights - 15 January 2024

TEA

• TEA Issues Final 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 7 November 2024
• TEA Conducts Special-Ed Related Survey - 21 October 2024
• TEA Releases Updated Open Source “Bluebonnet Learning” Instructional Materials - 17 October 2024
• TEA Issues “Updated” Preliminary 2023-24 School Fiscal Ratings - 30 August 2024
• TEA: 87% of Public School Campuses Passed their “Intruder Detection Audit” in School Year 2023-24 - 12 August 2024
• TEA: State Law Requiring Prior Written Parental Consent for Sex Education Instruction Expired Aug. 1 - 1 August 2024
• Gov. Abbott Announces New “Sentinel” Texas School Safety System - 25 July 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for Listing in First-Ever School Safety Vendor Technology Directory - 27 June 2024
• 2024 “Dyslexia Handbook” Update and Revised Rules Become Effective June 30 - 27 June 2024
• Public Feedback Sought on First Instructional Materials to Be Approved Under HB1605 - 29 May 2024
• Education Commissioner Picks Five Finalist Charter Applicants - 28 May 2024
• TEA Posts RFQ for Law Firms to Assist in Compliance/Investigations - 8 May 2024
• TEA Posts “Generation 29” Charter Applicant Interview Schedule - 7 May 2024
• Take the “TEA Customer Satisfaction Survey 2024” - 2 May 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 22 April 2024
• TEA Settles Federal Disability Discrimination Complaint Over “Science of Teaching Reading” Certification Exam - 19 April 2024
• Nine Charter Applicants Advance to Semifinalist Stage - 18 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 16 April 2024
• TEA: Financial Aid Application Submission Mandate for High School Seniors Remains Unchanged - 11 April 2024
• TEA Data: ISD and Charter Combined Budgeted Employee Pay Averages $53,586 this School Year - 10 April 2024
• TEA: Charters Collected Nearly $7.2 Million in Fees in SY 2021-22 - 8 April 2024
• The TEA’s 2024 Texas School Law Bulletin - 2 April 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Special-Ed Enrollment Increased to 14 percent of State’s Total Students - 28 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 ISD and Charter Enrollment Rankings - 25 March 2024
• TEA: Nearly 76,000 Students were placed on Charter Admissions Waitlists this School Year - 21 March 2024
• TEA Data: Record 7.6 percent of all Texas Public School Students are Enrolled in Charters this School Year - 18 March 2024
• TEA Data: SY 2023-24 Combined ISD and Charter Enrollments Set Record for Second Consecutive Year - 13 March 2024
• TEA to Transition Marlin ISD Back to Elected School Board - 12 February 2024
• TEA Teacher Leadership Fellowships - 1 February 2024
• TEA “Grow Your Own” Program Grants - 1 February 2024
• TEA Autism Related Grants - 30 January 2024
• TEA Releases 2023 Annual Report - 30 January 2024
• TEA: 467 ISDs and Charters Failed to Spend State-Law Required Special Allotment Minimums - 29 January 2024
• TEA to Hire Contractors to help SBOE Adopt Vocabulary Lists and Lists of Literary Works - 5 December 2023
• TEA Puts Educator Certification Exam Contract Up for Bid - 4 December 2023
• TEA Releases School Year 2022-23 Bus Accident Data - 29 November 2023
• TEA Releases Final 2022-23 ISD and Charter Fiscal Ratings - 6 November 2023
• TEA Launches “TX K-12 Cybersecurity Initiative” - 26 September 2023
• TEA Releases Preliminary ISD and Charter Financial Accountability Ratings - 7 August 2023
• More Lawyers could Qualify as Independent Hearing Examiners Under Draft SBOE Rule - 26 June 2023
• Feds say Texas meets special education standards - 26 June 2023
• Five Charter Applicants Make Commissioner’s Final List - 9 June 2023
• TEA Asks Appeals Court to Lift Temporary Order in Lawsuit Filed by State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 6 June 2023
• Appeals Court Temporarily Halts TEA’s Effort to Shut Down State’s Largest Ed-Prep Entity - 4 June 2023
• TEA Adopts Final School Facility Safety and Security Standards - 2 June 2023
• New Superintendent, Board of Managers Announced for Houston ISD - 1 June 2023
• TEA: Teacher Attrition Rates and Uncertified Teacher Hires Reached Record Highs this School Year - 27 April 2023
• Eight Charter District Applicants Advance to the Next Stage - 19 April 2023
• AG Issues HB3 PK Partnerships Opinion - 5 April 2023
• 2022-23 Texas Charter District Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 5 April 2023
• School Year 2022-23 Texas ISD Superintendent Base Pay Rankings - 31 March 2023
• TEA Data Reflects Record Public School Enrollment This School Year - 29 March 2023
• TEA Reports 2022-23 ISD/Charter Budgeted Pay and Staffing Data - 26 March 2023
• TEA Takes Control of Houston ISD - 15 March 2023
• Texas Supreme Court Removes Major Roadblock in TEA’s Journey to Take Over Houston ISD - 16 January 2023

TEA Briefs

• TEA Seeks “School Law Bulletin” Publisher for the Next Two Legislative Sessions - 1 November 2024
• TEA Seeks Special-Ed Mediators - 10 October 2023
• Governor Announces 150 “Purple Star” Designated Campuses - 24 August 2023
• Fentanyl Awareness Toolkits for Texas Schools - 1 May 2023
• TEA Sets Three Day Charter Applicant Virtual Interview Meeting Schedule - 30 April 2023
• TEA Seeks Reviewers for Science Instructional Materials - 28 April 2023
• TEA Seeks Mediators and Court Reporters for Special-Ed Proceedings - 28 April 2023
• TEA Posts Final Minimum Standards for Bullying Prevention - 12 April 2023

TEA News

• TEA Cancels Latest “GEAR UP” Federal Grant Application Cycle - 10 December 2024
• TEA Releases Names of “First Batch” of 100+ Teachers Under SBEC Investigation in Certification Cheating Scheme - 5 December 2024
• TEA Seeks Applicants for Monitors and Conservators - 28 October 2024
• TEA Posts Educational Resources on the Middle East Conflict for Texas Students - 20 October 2023
• TEA to Buy 24 Chevy Vehicles for its New School Safety/Security Fleet - 11 October 2023
• TEA to Randomly Select Districts to Determine Their School Counselor “Time Tracking” Compliance - 9 October 2023

TEA Rules

• Adopted TEA Rule: School Employee Mental Health Training - 2 December 2024
• Adopted TEA and SBOE Rules: Instructional Materials, Innovative Courses, Tased Students, Special Ed, Opioids - 4 November 2024
• TEA Rule Update: DAEPs - 28 October 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 21 October 2024
• Proposed SBOE/TEA Rules Include Major School Board Trainer Revisions - 11 October 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 16 September 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 20 August 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 5 August 2024
• TEA Rules Update — Special-Ed - 29 July 2024
• New TEA Rule Financially Incentivizes Public Schools to Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their UIL Activities - 26 July 2024
• TEA Rules Update - 22 July 2024
• Adopted TEA Rule Governs Mandatory School Drills and Active Threat Exercises - 10 October 2023

Teachers

• TEA Releases Names of “First Batch” of 100+ Teachers Under SBEC Investigation in Certification Cheating Scheme - 5 December 2024
• $1.92M TEA Grant: “Texas Strategic Staffing for Sustainable, Paid Teacher Residency Programs” - 1 December 2024
• New State Appeals Court Upholds Commissioner’s Reversal of Crowley ISD Teacher’s Firing Over Force Used Against “Unexplainably Aggressive” Ninth Grader - 21 November 2024
• TASA Anounces 2025 Texas Teachers of the Year - 25 October 2024
• Commissioner Turns to Dictionary in Upholding Firing of Galveston ISD Probationary Teacher - 11 October 2024
• TASA Names Six 2025 Texas Teacher of the Year Finalists - 5 September 2024
• Texas AFT Pushes Legislators to Pass “Educator’s Bill of Rights” - 4 September 2024
• Poor Job Performance — not Discrimination — Justified Spring ISD’s Reassignment of Math Teacher - 27 August 2024
• Survey: 65 Percent of TSTA’s Teacher Members Considered Quitting as School Year 2023-24 Drew to an End - 7 August 2024
• TEA Teacher Leadership Fellowships - 1 February 2024
• TEA “Grow Your Own” Program Grants - 1 February 2024
• TASB 2023-24 Teacher Salary Survey Highlights - 15 January 2024
• $3 Million Federal Grant to Help Texas A&M Tackle Teacher Shortages - 4 October 2023
• TEA: Teacher Attrition Rates and Uncertified Teacher Hires Reached Record Highs this School Year - 27 April 2023
• TASB’s Teacher/School Personnel Survey Highlights - 20 March 2023

TRS

• Biennial Report Documents TRS’ “Texas Sized” Impact on State’s Economy - 1 November 2024
• State Auditor: TRS’ CIO earned $773,568 in Incentive Pay for the 2023 “Plan Year” - 16 August 2024
• TRS Board Approves Health Plan Changes to Benefit Retirees - 22 July 2024
• Austin Company’s Global Tech Outage Leaves TRS “Limping a Little Bit” - 19 July 2024
• TRS Welcomes New Board Chair and a New Board Member - 11 July 2024
• Nominations Open for “Public School District” TRS Board Member Position - 5 June 2024
• TRS Hires New Deputy Director - 8 May 2024
• TRS Sets 2024-25 ActiveCare Health Plan Rates - 6 May 2024
• February TRS Board Meeting Highlights - 23 February 2024
• TRS Updates Retiree COLA Info Due to Constitutional Amendment’s Passage - 9 November 2023
• TRS Board Sets ActiveCare Rates and Gets Retiree COLA Bill Implementation Timeline Briefing - 30 May 2023
• TRS to Set ActiveCare Rates on May 30 - 1 May 2023
• Feb. 16-17 TRS Board Meeting Highlights - 21 February 2023

UIL

• UIL State Executive Committee Punishes Westwood ISD Football Coach and I.T. Employee without Ordering Game Forfeitures - 24 October 2024
• UIL Starts Posting Proposed Rule Changes - 30 September 2024
• UIL Medical Advisory Committee Focuses on Hot Weather Rules and Football Helmets - 10 September 2024
• UIL: 44 ISDs and Charters Will Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their School Year 2024-25 League Activities - 14 August 2024
• “The Texas Way” Initiative Seeks to Improve Sportsmanship Behaviors at UIL Athletic Events - 31 July 2024
• New TEA Rule Financially Incentivizes Public Schools to Allow Home Schoolers to Participate in their UIL Activities - 26 July 2024
• June 11 UIL Legislative Council Meeting Highlights - 13 June 2024
• Proposed UIL Rule Would Change Playoff Structure in Five Sports to Mirror Football Postseason Split Divisions - 13 May 2024
• New UIL Hot Weather Rules for Outdoor Marching Band and Athletic Activities Include “Cold Water Immersion” Requirement - 23 April 2024
• UIL Gets New Home on UT Austin’s Organizational Chart — Thanks to State’s DEI Ban - 5 April 2024
• UIL Posts Info About “Residence Rule” Revision - 1 November 2023
• Oct. 15-16 UIL Legislative Council Meeting Results - 17 October 2023
• UIL Posts Agendas for the League’s Oct. 15-16 Rule Making Meeting - 9 October 2023
• TASO & UIL Partner to Recognize “Good Sportsmanship” Schools - 6 October 2023
• UIL Issues Guidance on New Law about Parental Option for Students to Repeat a Grade - 17 September 2023
• UIL Medical Panel Embarks on Tentative Plan to Require Schools to Measure Outdoor Air Temps via “WBGT” Devices by 2025-26 - 11 September 2023
• June 13 UIL Legislative Council Meeting Highlights - 14 June 2023
• UIL State Executive Committee Results - 23 May 2023
• Parents can Opt Out of Answering Gender Specific UIL Student Medical History Form Questions by School Year 2024-25 - 17 April 2023
• UIL Names New Director of Athletics - 14 April 2023
• Student Athlete’s Mom Loses (for now) Effort to Advance Possible Lawsuit Against Six Gordon ISD Employees - 6 March 2023

Uvalde Tragedy

• Feds Say Law Enforcement’s “Cascading Failures” During and After Robb Elementary Mass Shooting Cost Lives - 18 January 2024