The 2026-28 alignments have been posted for volleyball, basketball and football. You can access this information HERE.  view article

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The temporary moratorium is intended to allow for completion of an investigation into various Chinese companies that manufacture parts for wind, solar, and battery storage projects.   With rural counties across Texas looking for ways to push back on industrial‑scale, unreliable energy projects and foreign‑linked equipment, Van Zandt’s move will likely serve as both a roadmap and a test of how far local officials can go without violating state limits on county power. 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

Students at Mansfield ISD high schools participated in walkouts on Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies. A small group of students gathered outside Summit High School. Organizers said the turnout was modest, but the issue was important to them. “I organized this up because the ICE stuff is really unfair to people who come here for better chances,” Summit High School student and organizer Naima Jean said. view article

During its Feb. 9 meeting, the Frisco Independent School District Board of Trustees took several actions affecting staff pay, state funding waivers, student rights policies, grievance appeals and the district's athletic apparel contract. The board approved a resolution to pay all employees for days schools were closed during the January 2026 winter storm, even if they were unable to work. Both salaried and hourly staff will receive regular pay, and work calendars will remain unchanged. view article

Commissioners voted down the proposal after a public letter from state lawmakers.  Texas county rejects a moratorium on data center development amid AI boom  The 3-2 vote from Hood County commissioners Tuesday came after they received a letter from a state senator saying they did not have the power to issue a moratorium. view article

Round Rock Independent School District has launched a First Offender Program (FOP) aimed at diverting students caught for the first time with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vape products away from the criminal justice system. Under Texas Law, possessing a THC concentrate is a felony. Possession of less than one gram is a state jail felony, punishable by 180 days to two years. Penalties increase sharply with weight, with the highest being up to life in prison for more than 400 grams. view article

Dozens of parents, students and community members spoke out during a public workshop Feb. 11 over possible campus consolidations or closures, a move United ISD leaders say could help address a multi-million-dollar budget deficit. The meeting lasted more than three hours, with families demanding answers and accountability from district leaders. view article

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District has officially rescinded a controversial policy the board adopted two years ago that banned certain chapters from science textbooks. view article

A stunning report revealed that many university professors now find themselves teaching students who struggle to read, not just to interpret literature or write essays, but to understand basic text on a page. According to Fortune, a growing number of Gen Z students enter college unable to "read effectively," forcing professors to break down even simple passages line by line. view article

More than 50 students from the Houston Academy for International Studies walked out of school Tuesday protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the United States. The protest, which students said they started planning last week, started just after noon. While chanting "ICE off our streets, ICE off our streets," several students said they were there to call attention to the treatment of immigrants under the Trump administration. view article

Dallas Independent School District campuses saw a wave of walkouts on Tuesday. The walkout at Townview Magnet Center was one of North Texas’ largest walkouts in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. view article

Leaders at Liberty Hill ISD are considering a shift to the school district's current hybrid schedule, which includes some four-day weeks. view article

Armed officers may patrol every Longview ISD campus by this fall after Gregg County commissioners approved an agreement to support the district’s new police force. Seventeen officers will stand guard at every campus. The new force will include five sworn officers, 11 school marshals and a police chief working across a district that stretches both inside and outside city limits. view article

The Austin Independent School District has given its staff updated guidelines on how to respond to student-led protests after seeing an uptick in demonstrations in recent weeks. "We have managed past walkouts by giving students space and freedom to express themselves," AISD Superintendent Matias Segura said in a letter to families on Friday. "However, the number of protests, combined with demonstrations moving off campus, has prompted our leaders to develop more detailed protest protocols to ensure the safety of our students and staff while maintaining our focus on on-campus instruction." view article

Parents and children from Finely Elementary gathered outside the campus to protest the school’s potential closure, holding signs that read “Finely Our children or School” and “Save Our School.” Nearly a dozen parents asked board members to reconsider their decision regarding Finely Elementary, which is one of five schools that could close or consolidate before the 2026-27 school year begins. view article

The Austin housing market was once among the hottest in the country. Now, new data suggests, it may be the slowest with nearby San Antonio a close second ranked by the length of time houses are on the market before selling. view article

Northwest ISD officials announced Feb. 2 that the district will have limited open enrollment to students who live outside of district boundaries for the 2026-27 school  The program is limited to campuses with space available to bring in new students, according to a district release. The following aspects are part of the NISD limited open enrollment program:   Students accepted to a Northwest ISD school must meet academic, attendance and behavioral standards.   Students accepted into the program are considered NISD students and will have access to the same academic and extra-curricular offerings.   District academies are excluded from this program since they are considered separate programs.   Since this is a limited open enrollment program, only certain campuses are being considered to take on new students. This will be reviewed annually, with space set aside for students who are predicted to move into the district. view article

Families across Fort Bend ISD may soon learn whether several campuses could be closed, as district leaders prepare to discuss potential changes during meetings scheduled for Monday evening. view article

Superintendent Spicer said the district does not allow distribution of any religious materials to students, although the Muslim Student Association hosted a hijab table last year. view article

Students at several Houston-area high schools are planning a student-led walkout on Friday, Feb. 6, to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies, according to information shared by students and community organizers. view article

A Wylie Independent School District employee is on leave after an incident at Wylie East High School, when an outside religious organization distributed materials on campus without district approval, according to a letter sent to parents. view article

Texas high school football will look very different in 2026. On Monday, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) announced the tentative district assignments for football, basketball and volleyball for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, as reported by Chron. As a result of enrollment changes, policy updates and the establishment of new schools, 150 high schools across the state have been reassigned to new districts.   DeSoto, the defending Class 6A Division II state champion, was significantly impacted as its enrollment dropped to 1,932, falling below the Class 5A cutoff of 2,214. DeSoto declined to move down to 5A during UIL's last redistricting in 2024.   Twenty-eight schools are entering the top tier of UIL, including 19 due to higher enrollment and 9 that joined by request or policy view article

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin ISD is under fire from top state officials this week after hundreds of students have walked out of class to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as some state leaders allege schools helped students to do so.  After some pushback to the walkouts, a middle school teacher and Education Austin union member is speaking out.  Taylor Carriker-Cavin is a 6th-grade science teacher at Dobie Middle School in Austin. She's been teaching for a decade now.  "Every year that I've taught, I have seen families destabilized by deportation," she said. view article

A congressional coalition headed by Texans is leading a campaign against Sharia in America, warning that the ideology is “one of the greatest threats facing our nation today” and calling Texas “ground zero” in the fight.  Two Texas Republicans, U.S. Reps. Keith Self of McKinney and Chip Roy of Austin, launched the Sharia-Free America Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives in December.  Since then, the caucus has grown to 33 members from 18 states, including four Republican representatives from Texas: Self, Roy, Brandon Gill of Flower Mound, and Michael Cloud of Victoria. view article

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Wednesday that the agency has purchased land and a facility in San Antonio to expand its detention operations, though officials declined to disclose the location of the property in question.  In a statement to the San Antonio Report, an ICE spokesperson said the purchase is part of a broader national effort to increase detention space.   “ICE purchased land and a facility in San Antonio,” the spokesperson wrote. ”These will not be warehouses — they will be very well structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards.” view article

The Texas Association of School Administrators Executive Committee has elected La Porte ISD Superintendent Dr. Walter Jackson as TASA vice president for 2026–27. He will assume the role June 1 after completing his Executive Committee term May 31. Dr. Jackson will become TASA’s president in 2028. view article

The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”When Henry Carter opened the syllabus for a spring class at Texas Tech University, he found “DO NOT READ” stamped next to page numbers in the middle of a required text. Another professor assigned a new textbook, then days later told students not to buy it. The syllabus for a third class labeled some readings as “censored.” view article

Lubbock ISD does not plan on having to use makeup days after cancellations and delays due to winter weather last week. “So as of right now, unless we have more delays or cancellations, we are good,” Superintendent Dr. Kathy Rollo said. There is one small change for high schoolers to make sure they get all of their classroom minutes required by the state. view article

Hundreds of students walked out of classes at multiple Central Texas school districts on Monday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. The walkouts affected at least five school districts: Hays CISD, Manor ISD, Lockhart ISD, Pflugerville ISD, and Bastrop ISD. Hays CISD reported several hundred students participating across five campuses: Hays High School, Live Oak Academy High School, Johnson High School, Lehman High School, and Barton Middle School. They marched to downtown Kyle. view article

Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez fired on Pretti during a protest in Minneapolis last month, according to government records viewed by ProPublica.  The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. view article

Kingsville Independent School District has announced a proposed improvement plan consisting of a elementary realignment plan that will be voted on Tuesday. The plan would consolidate three campuses into two and has sparked mixed reactions among community members and educators view article

TxDOT starts construction near Belton ISD high school to improve safety, mobility for pedestrians view article

A 94-year-old retired teacher in Texas shouldn’t have to “prove” she’s alive just to get the pension she earned, but that’s exactly the mess ABC7 reporter Carlos Granda laid out in his report about Gloria Wilson, a longtime LAUSD educator whose monthly payments abruptly vanished after the system flagged her as deceased.  Carlos Granda framed it plainly: Gloria Wilson is not dead, even though her California pension plan briefly treated her like she was, and the consequences hit fast because her pension wasn’t extra money – it was the backbone of her monthly budget.  Wilson told Carlos Granda the moment she realized something was wrong was when her usual deposit never landed in her bank account.  “It was scary. I was upset,” Gloria Wilson said, describing the shock of watching an expected payment simply not show up. view article