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Members on the State Board of Education approved changes to how Texas history will be taught in K-8 social studies.
Members on the State Board of Education approved changes to how Texas history will be taught in K-8 social studies. Two different instructional framework options were presented during Friday’s meeting that would rearrange the way history will be taught starting in third grade. Option G, approved by the board, will use a comprehensive 3-5-1 instruction method, which teaches Texas and U.S. history chronologically and connects it back to previously-taught content. Under the new framework, kindergarten through second grade students will simply learn the foundational stories that are important to both American and Texas history.
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Tarrant County democrats no-shows for tax rate vote, county judge makes cuts to their offices
Tarrant County commissioners were in session on Tuesday with two notable absences: Commissioners Alisa Simmons of precinct 2 and Roderick Miles Jr of precinct 1. It meant no quorum and no vote on a tax rate cut. "My absence from Commissioners Court today is not a political ploy: it is a legal and necessary act of conscience. It is a step to protect Tarrant County residents and defend our fundamental values of caring for our neighbors and ensuring basic human dignity. It is the only tool available to force adoption of a more responsible tax rate," Simmons wrote in a statement. O'Hare said together, the proposed tax rate cut and the tax rate cut for the Tarrant County Hospital District would have saved homeowners and business owners a "significant" amount of property taxes.
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New indictment against former Lubbock teacher and youth pastor accused of sexual assault
A Lubbock County grand jury returned an indictment charging a former Lubbock teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl attending a church in Amherst, where he was a youth pastor. Jeremy Maxfield, 41, is charged with a count of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony that carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.
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TEA Commissioner visits Connally ISD after 5 consecutive years of F accountability ratings
The Connally Independent School District on Sept. 15 had a special visit from the Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) after two district schools received an F rating for the fifth consecutive year. The goal of the visit was for the Commissioner Mike Morath to see for himself why now three of the district’s six campuses received a failing accountability rating for the 2024-2025 school year. Morath sat in on several classes and spoke one-on-one with administrators.
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Will Not Seek Re-election in 2026
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Monday evening in an ABC 13 interview that she will not seek re-election in 2026. Earlier this month, during her State of the County address, Hidalgo told the public that her decision would come “very, very, very soon.” Her announcement ends months of speculation, as she had repeatedly teased her future plans.
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AG Paxton Probes Proxy Advisors for Advancing ‘Woke’ Agenda Over Financial Duty
The attorney general has issued civil investigative demands to determine if political agendas are driving financial recommendations.
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Austin to end Urban Alchemy contracts after data misreporting at homeless shelters
The city of Austin will not renew its contracts with Urban Alchemy, a Bay Area homeless services nonprofit that operates two downtown emergency shelters, when the current agreements expire Sept. 30. Austin’s Homeless Strategy Officer David Gray wrote in a memo to City Council that the decision came after the nonprofit “identified staff who improperly, and without permission, misrepresented” data around when people were exiting the shelters. The data has since been corrected, Gray wrote in the memo.
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Federal judge rules against conservationists who sued SpaceX
A US district court judge on Monday rejected a suit by conservation groups challenging the Federal Aviation Administration approval in 2022 of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in south Texas. The groups said noise, light pollution, construction and road traffic also degrade the area, home to endangered ocelots and jaguarundis, as well as nesting sites for endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles and for threatened shorebirds. US district judge Carl Nichols in Washington said the FAA had satisfied its obligation “to take a hard look at the effects of light on nearby wildlife”.
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Austin budgets $12M for Central Texas higher education partnerships
City departments have worked with all six universities in the past, and Austin already has a longtime interlocal agreement in place with UT. Charles Purma III, program and technology manager in Austin's budget office, said city leaders saw an opportunity this year to strengthen existing partnerships given the student populations and varied areas of expertise in the Central Texas academic community.
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Second student removed from Texas campus after viral video on Charlie Kirk’s death
A second Texas higher education student is no longer enrolled after controversial remarks about Charlie Kirk's death and political pressure from Gov. Greg Abbott to punish those who "celebrate" his assassination. Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse announced Tuesday night that a student in a viral video shared by Abbott who was seen pantomiming Kirk's death and cursing the conservative activist is no longer enrolled at the university, and condemned the actions.
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Texarkana ISD investigating after teacher reportedly made comments about death of Charlie Kirk
Alleged comments made by a teacher regarding the death of Charlie Kirk are being looked into, according to the Texarkana Independent School District.
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Frisco ISD and McKinney ISD could be the next North Texas school districts to close campuses
Monday night, Frisco Independent School District is set to consider the future of Staley Middle School. The board has contemplated closing the campus for months, citing budget, staffing challenges and aging facilities. Emotions have run high due to Staley’s importance as a cornerstone of the community. Many parents have told WFAA they feel the school has been 'historically underfunded' and 'overlooked' by the district.
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Leander ISD weighs closing 3 campuses
Ahead of a $20.2 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2025-26, Leander ISD administration has put forth three possible cost-saving pathways that could include closing down and repurposing Cypress, Faubion and Steiner Ranch elementary schools next year. Despite a public school funding bill that sent $8.5 billion to Texas school districts, the bill requires the money be spent largely on teacher salary raises, school safety mandates and special education allotments.
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Leander ISD community concerned with public education’s future despite state attention
A sweeping array of education bills passed this legislative session is set to transform the landscape of public education in Texas, sparking both hope and concern among educators and parents. Anna Smith, Place 4 Representative on the Leander ISD School Board, emphasized the significance of these changes.
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Edgewood ISD parents rally for change as superintendent pledges to address concerns
As families walked into the Edgewood Independent School District meeting Tuesday night, their chants calling for justice echoed empty halls.
“Whose schools are these? Our school!” they called.
Families said they have been fighting problems over transparency, bullying and special education support for years.
However, conversations at Edgewood ISD have heightened over the last month. Now, the superintendent said change is coming.
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College Station ISD approves new boundaries for elementary schools
Elementary school boundaries in College Station ISD will see some changes when the 2026-27 school year rolls around. Tuesday night, the CSISD school board voted to approve an updated elementary plan 7. The updated version was made with feedback from parents. The difference involved moving a boundary line up to George Bush Street.
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Travis County is raising property taxes to pay for past and future floods
The Travis County Commissioners Court has approved a 9.12% property tax rate increase. All four county commissioners and Travis County Judge Andy Brown supported the increase, which they say is necessary after the county zeroed out its savings account responding to catastrophic flooding this summer. So far, the county has spent just over $21 million cleaning up flood debris and setting up emergency services, according to Travis County spokesperson Hector Nieto. The tax increase is expected to generate $42 million in additional revenue. It will cost the average homeowner — someone with a home valued around $515,000 — an additional $200 a year.
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HISD Superintendent Mike Miles earns $173K bonus in second evaluation from appointed board
Houston ISD state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles earned a $173,660 bonus after receiving a score of 91.4 out of 100 from the Board of Managers on his second annual evaluation last week. The appointed school board is required to evaluate the superintendent every year by Oct. 1, according to his employment contract. Miles was eligible for a possible bonus of $190,000, although he did not earn the full amount.
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Texas passed laws to address historic flooding. We asked a flood expert if they’ll work.
After historic floods on the Fourth of July killed more than 130 people in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed state lawmakers would pass transformative legislation, designed to “make sure communities are better, more resilient, and have the resources that they need.”Just two months later, on Sept. 5, Abbott held a bill signing ceremony surrounded by families who’d lost loved ones in the tragedy. That day, the governor signed a package of flood-related measures into law, including one tightening restrictions for overnight youth camps. “They wanted laws to be passed so that other parents would not experience the hell that have been through,” Abbott said. “They pleaded for camp safety.”
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‘Don’t call my teachers DEMONS’ | Texas superintendent posts viral rant on social media about the state of public schools
Abilene ISD Superintendent Dr. John Kuhn posted a lengthy rant addressing the state of public education amid newly-passed legislation, coupled with his frustration towards social media commenters calling his teachers "demons," which had gone viral and been shared thousands of times as of this writing.
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Calallen ISD Police Chief John Garcia resigns
The Calallen Independent School District will soon be looking for a new police chief. On Sept. 8, Chief John Garcia resigned from his position as the top officer with the school district.
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Huntington ISD student taken into custody after weapon located in vehicle
According to the Huntington ISD superintendent, a student was taken into custody by school district officers on Monday. The incident, according to Dr. Carolyn Fiaschetti, happened around 10:30 a.m. The HISD police department was notified of a possible weapon located in a student vehicle in the PRIDE alternative campus parking lot.
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Archer City ISD baseball coach on leave for alleged inappropriate communication
A teacher with the Archer City Independent School District was placed on administrative leave after district officials said they were notified of inappropriate communications between him and high school students on Saturday. In a letter to parents, Archer City ISD Superintendent Jon Hartgraves named Craig Coheley as the teacher placed on administrative leave.
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Former Brownsboro ISD teacher pleads guilty to injuring elementary student
A former behavioral specialist for Brownsboro ISD has pleaded guilty to two charges of injuring a child. Kyle Lee Rocha, 40, of Chandler, entered open guilty pleas in court Monday. He has been accused of injuring a 7-year-old by knocking over the student’s desk in class while he was leaning it back. Rocha could face 2-10 years for each charge, but the defense has said there are no offers on the table yet. A judge is set to decide Rocha’s sentence on Dec. 9, following a pre-sentence investigation and report.
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Former Westfield valedictorian and now Harvard grad makes history in Spring ISD
A former Westfield High School valedictorian who went viral years ago is now making history in Spring ISD. We first covered Da’Vion Tatum back in 2021 after he was accepted to seven Ivy League schools. The only one he wasn’t accepted to was Dartmouth…because he decided not to apply. Tatum ended up attending and graduating from Harvard.
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Commerce Elementary Teacher Resigns Over ‘Incident’ With Student
Police are investigating an unnamed elementary school teacher in Commerce Independent School District who resigned over an “incident” involving “improper physical restraint” of a special education student. Commerce ISD posted on social media that administrators were alerted on September 8 to “an incident involving a teacher.”
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“Our girls are still dead”: Camp Mystic parents pushed for laws to protect kids at camp. But their pain remains.
Matthew Childress arrived at Matt’s El Rancho, an Austin restaurant, on Sept. 4 with mixed feelings of anticipation and grief. He greeted the other parents with hugs. This group had largely been strangers two months earlier, before they learned that their children at Camp Mystic were missing after a massive flash flood, before many waited all night for answers about whether search crews had found any kids alive, before parents had to do the unimaginable and identify their child’s body. Now, in their torturous sadness, they shared a bond. Over the past several weeks, these parents had pushed their ideas for summer camp reforms through the state Legislature with remarkable speed. The moms and dads were gathering in Austin from Beaumont, Dallas, Bellville and other Texas cities. One family came from Alabama. The next day, they expected the Texas governor to sign the bills that they championed. The changes would require kids’ camps to move overnight cabins out of floodplains, to follow weather warnings with radios and install alert systems, and to train staff on emergency plans including where to move children to higher ground if needed.
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How San Antonio-area school districts are implementing Texas’ new parental consent law
School district administrators across the San Antonio area are either developing or have already established guidelines to comply with aspects of Senate Bill 12 and its so-called “parental rights” provisions. The law, which took effect on Sept. 1, requires schools to obtain parental consent before administering certain health services to students.
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TEA reviewing 180 complaints over educators’ Charlie Kirk assassination posts
Education commissioner says he will recommend suspending educators’ certification for those who ‘call for and incite further violence’Education commissioner says he will recommend suspending educators’ certification for those who ‘call for and incite further violence’
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More than half of Texas’ counties are below kindergarten MMR vaccination rate needed for herd immunity
AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than half of Texas’ counties have MMR vaccination rates among kindergartners below the threshold for what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed for herd immunity. The CDC says most people are protected from measles, mumps and rubella through herd immunity, also known as community immunity, when more than 95% of people in that community are vaccinated. As of the 2024-25 school year, kindergarten students in 139 counties did not meet that threshold — 55% of the state’s counties — according to Texas Department of State Health Services data collected and analyzed by NBC News in partnership with researchers at Staford University Just a decade ago, only 42 counties were below the threshold.
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Angelina County hires outside firm as lawsuits, records demands pile up
Threatening biblical plagues, demanding new taxes and firing off requests in foreign languages, Angelina County resident David Stua has turned Texas’ open records law into a weapon that county officials say is draining resources and costing taxpayers. Stua is not a public official, but he has become a fixture in county government through an unrelenting campaign of public information requests and legal threats. In the past few months alone, officials say he has filed hundreds of records requests, some seeking searches of thousands of email addresses, others written entirely in Italian. Stua has recently filed three new lawsuits against Angelina County in district court. To handle the cases, commissioners formally hired the Austin law firm Allison, Bass & Magee. Under the retainer approved Tuesday, Aug. 26, principals will bill at $400 per hour, associates at $300 per hour and paralegals at $150.
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Texas legislative committees will study freedom of speech on college campuses in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday announced the formation of committees to study bias and free speech at universities amid a firestorm of criticism from conservative lawmakers on statements made by university faculty and students. The House and Senate Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education were formed “honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk,” according to a press release. Kirk, a Christian conservative activist who frequently traveled to college campuses to discuss controversial politics, was shot and killed on Wednesday at Utah Valley University during one of his events. In the wake of Kirk’s death, Republican lawmakers and activists in Texas and across the state have harshly criticized online commentary mocking Kirk and his killing. Several lawmakers have called for the removal of school teachers, professors and public officials who criticized Kirk, which Burrows said highlighted the necessity of the committee.
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State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over history lessons
The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more time across school grades to Texas and U.S. history while placing less attention on world history and cultures. The Republican-dominated board voted 8-7 in favor of the proposal, which marks only one step in a longer effort by the group to revise Texas’ social studies standards and set new guidelines for what students should learn before they graduate. Republicans Evelyn Brooks and Pam Little joined Democrats in opposition to the plan. The final tally was a reversal from a preliminary vote on Wednesday, when a board majority signaled support for a different teaching plan that included what educators considered a more inclusive approach.
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Commerce Elementary Teacher Resigns Over ‘Incident’ With Student
Police are investigating an unnamed elementary school teacher in Commerce Independent School District who resigned over an “incident” involving “improper physical restraint” of a special education student. Police are investigating an unnamed elementary school teacher in Commerce Independent School District who resigned over an “incident” involving “improper physical restraint” of a special education student. Commerce ISD posted on social media that administrators were alerted on September 8 to “an incident involving a teacher.
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