Cy-Fair ISD board votes to reinstate removed textbook chapters  The specific lessons and topics addressed in the chapters include climate change, vaccinations, cultural diversity, depopulation and humans’ impact on the Earth and its ecosystems. view article

Huntington ISD trustees voted Monday to take no action on a Senate Bill 11 resolution that would have created a daily period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious texts on each campus, while also approving the 2026-27 school calendar and several state-required policy items. view article

On Monday night, three more Central Texas school districts voted against setting aside time for prayer each day. Boards of trustees in Manor ISD, Hays CISD and San Marcos CISD passed resolutions against dedicating time for prayer. Under a new state law, school boards are required to vote on the issue. It is the result of Senate Bill 11, passed by state lawmakers during the regular legislative session last year. view article

In South Texas public schools, I learned about Robert E. Lee and George Washington and the histories of the United States and Texas. Yet not a single lesson addressed Mexican American history — our Indigenous and African roots or the men and women who shaped this country. It was as if only Anglos made history. view article

Nearly two years after Cypress-Fairbanks ISD trustees voted to remove 13 chapters from several career and science textbooks, a newly elected board has reinstated the materials. The initial ban triggered community outrage and protests, an influx of campaign donations ahead of board elections, and ultimately the defeat of conservative trustees at the ballot box last November. view article

Dozens of parents, teachers, administrators and children urged Judson Independent School District trustees Saturday not to close their school. Liam Freeman, a fifth-grader at Rolling Meadows Elementary School, said the 15-year-old campus “has helped shaped who we are.” view article

Community members across the Judson Independent School District packed the boardroom Saturday morning as the district weighed the decision on which elementary school faces a possible closure next school year. School board leaders are expected to close three elementary schools as part of a plan to close four campuses across Judson ISD to help reduce a $37 million deficit. view article

School board incumbents in Celina and Prosper filed for re-election but later withdrew.  Trustees in two scandal-plagued North Texas school districts—Celina and Prosper—have withdrawn their re-election bids after previously filing to run in the May 2 elections.In Celina Independent School District, School Board President Jeff Gravley is no longer seeking re-election after serving 15 years as a trustee.  Gravley had filed to run again for his Place 3 seat but withdrew after the February 13 filing deadline.  He was first elected to the board in 2011.  Last year, Celina ISD suffered a sex-abuse scandal involving locker room recordings of middle school students by the son of the district’s now-retired Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Bill Elliott—an acknowledged close personal friend of Gravley’s. That relationship was noted as a conflict of interest in an investigative report commissioned by the district. view article

Houston ISD and several other area districts have voted against adopting designated prayer sessions, which are optional for students and staff under Senate Bill 11, while Magnolia ISD has approved them. All Texas districts face a March 1 deadline to make a decision about whether or not to implement them. view article

A deadline is looming for school districts in the state of Texas to decide if they are going to allow a prayer period at school, under Senate Bill 11. According to our news partners at the Houston Chronicle, so far over a dozen school districts in the greater Houston area have voted against adopting the policy. view article

De Zavala Elementary will close at the end of the 2025-2026 school year if the Fort Worth Independent School District board approves the move in March. Fort Worth ISD said its Superintendent, Dr. Karen Molinar, plans to make the recommendation, which will be reviewed in the March 24 board meeting. Students from Dassett Montessori school will move on to the campus sooner. view article

The United Independent School District board unanimously rejected a prayer policy on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Texas Senate Bill 11 requires all school boards to vote on allowing daily voluntary prayer time. The policy would have required parental consent and banned prayers over the public address system. view article

Katy ISD trustees were split this week over two challenged library books, the latest for a district that has removed 57 titles from shelves over the past five years. The board will vote next week on whether to retain, modify or remove “Cat Kid Comic Club” and “Fake News Phenomenon.” view article

In February 2025, the leader of Lubbock ISD spoke to policy experts about Texas' reliance on uncertified teachers and how her district is navigating the problem.  A year later — with a newly implemented law from the state's legislature — LISD has unveiled its path forward to ensuring core subjects are being taught by certified teachers.  What else happened at the meeting? Lubbock ISD reveals locations, construction of 3 new elementary schools view article

Board trustees for the Judson Independent School District have chosen yet another interim superintendent to temporarily lead the district amid a budget deficit, board in-fighting and a school closure process. The decision comes only two weeks after the board kicked off the termination process for Superintendent Milton Fields for reasons officials have not made public. view article

The Judson Independent School District Board of Trustees have been tasked with making several difficult decisions to do what they believe will better secure the district’s future. Judson ISD, which is facing a $37 million budget shortfall, made one of those decisions Monday night when the board voted 6-0 in favor of closing Judson Middle School by the end of the 2025-26 academic year. The lone trustee who was not present for the vote was José A. Macias Jr. view article

Parents packed into campus meetings this week after Houston ISD announced a list of schools that could close as part of its broader restructuring plan. Outside Burrus Elementary, families told FOX 26 they were looking for clear answers — including where their children would attend school next year and whether the proposed closures are truly final. view article

Houston ISD is moving forward with plans to close and consolidate schools beginning in the 2026–27 school year, according to a letter sent to staff and parents ahead of Thursday night's board meeting. In the letter, Superintendent Mike Miles said the district is recommending closing 12 schools, citing declining enrollment, rising maintenance costs and the need to "make responsible and tough decisions" about aging facilities. view article

A mass “sickout” is planned across Houston ISD on Thursday, as parents, students and community members continue protesting the state takeover of the district. Organizers are calling on families to keep students home or bring them to school after lunch so they will be counted absent. The goal, they say, is to send a message to state leaders and demand the return of the district’s elected school board. view article

Gov. Greg Abbott was endorsed by Texas Teamsters, a labor union that has historically supported Democrats. Other large unions still back his Democratic opponent.  A host of labor unions backed Gov. Greg Abbott last week in his bid for reelection, endorsements the Republican governor says represent a historic break from the Democratic Party by organized labor.  Teamsters Joint Council 58 and Joint Council 80, representing 40,000 workers across Texas, endorsed Abbott last Wednesday, joined by several other unions representing multiple industries.  The endorsements split organized labor’s support in the governor’s race between Abbott and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, a shift from unions’ historic support of Democratic candidates in Texas. view article

Just after Fort Worth ISD trustees lost their legal fight to stop the state takeover of the district, school board member Wallace Bridges announced his resignation on Friday. A state administrative court ruled in favor of the Texas Education Agency, concluding no factual disputes would justify overturning Commissioner Mike Morath’s decision to intervene in the 70,000-student district because of failing academics. This clears the way for Morath to install new leadership over the city’s largest school system. view article

Seven elementary schools closing, one new middle school opening, and a fresh map of school boundaries-- these are the solutions Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) officials proposed Monday as ways to handle the district’s budget and overcrowding issues. view article

Judson Independent School District Board Trustees voted Monday to close four schools in the 2026-2027 school year as they face a budget shortfall of more $37 million. view article

The Longview ISD School Board declined to create a designated daily period for students to pray and read religious texts. The board’s decision on Monday comes after Senate Bill 11, authored by State Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), passed during the last state legislative session, requiring school boards to adopt or decline a specific time for prayer. view article

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott cited failing schools and indoctrination as reasons for a state takeover of the Fort Worth school district in a post on X.  The governor’s post came in response to a Star-Telegram article looking at a growing list of student walkouts at schools in and around Fort Worth to protest federal immigration enforcement after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.  “The State will course correct FWISD,” the governor said in his Sunday post. view article

Just after Fort Worth ISD trustees lost their legal fight to stop the state takeover of the district, school board member Wallace Bridges announced his resignation on Friday. A state administrative court ruled in favor of the Texas Education Agency, concluding no factual disputes would justify overturning Commissioner Mike Morath’s decision to intervene in the 70,000-student district because of failing academics. This clears the way for Morath to install new leadership over the city’s largest school system. view article

The state may soon take greater control in North East Independent School District because of an ongoing disagreement over the district’s cellphone policy. The Texas Education Agency notified NEISD on Tuesday that it could appoint a conservator or board of managers to oversee the district after trustees refused to change a policy that allows student cellphone use during limited periods of the school day. view article

The La Joya Independent School District announced Monday afternoon an extension of authority from the Texas Education Agency and a change in board membership. According to a release, the Texas Education Agency will oversee the district through February 1, 2028. view article

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School teacher Edriana Cofer’s biggest fear as Texas takes control of Fort Worth ISD is losing her autonomy to help students. The unknown of what’s next had Dolores Huerta Elementary teacher Angela Andrews thinking about jobs outside FWISD. view article

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has approved the vast majority of Austin ISD's turnaround plans to improve failing schools. Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura sent a letter to parents on Thursday night stating that the TEA approved 22 of the 24 plans. The schools affected by the turnaround plans are: view article

For the first time, the Connally ISD community came face to face with the Texas Education Agency to get answers and more details about a timeline on the future of a TEA takeover. view article

Parents and students spoke out during a Fort Bend ISD school board meeting, raising concerns that the district’s long-range boundary planning could lead to school consolidations and major changes for campuses and the surrounding communities. view article

A recently elected Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD (SCUCISD) board member was terminated from his teaching position after abandoning several children at a Judson ISD elementary school hours before being sworn in, according to records obtained by KSAT Investigates. view article

Lake Worth school board president Tammy Thomas apologized Tuesday night, her voice cracking as she sniffled and took responsibility for the decisions that led to the district’s state takeover. “The fault that the district is in lies in the hands of this board,” Thomas said. “We were slow, very slow, in appointing a new superintendent.” view article

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District leaders severed negotiations for a similar Islamic Games event earlier this week.In a letter sent Wednesday to Cy-Fair ISD Board President Julie Hinaman and Superintendent Douglas Killian, Abbott warned the district that it may not use taxpayer-funded school facilities to host an event connected to an organization he recently designated as a foreign terrorist organization.  “It has come to my attention that Bridgeland High School intends to offer public school facilities to host the 2026 Houston Islamic Games in October,” Abbott wrote. “Be aware I recently designated ‘the Muslim Brotherhood and its successor organization CAIR’ as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations under state law.” view article