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Facing $37M budget deficit, Judson ISD hasn’t had a chief financial officer in more than a month
Despite being in financial straits, the school board for Judson Independent School District voted not to hire a candidate for chief financial officer. The role has been vacant for more than a month. District staff had recommended the board approve a candidate for the CFO position, but Judson trustees voted 4-3 against the hire after spending nearly four hours in closed session during a board meeting on Nov. 6. Board President Monica Ryan, who voted against filling the position, said the world of school district CFOs is very small, but she wants to wait on a new hire because the job is “very challenging even under normal circumstances.”
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Why some Texas teachers are being forced to “deadname” trans students under a new state law
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth. Ethan Brignac, a transgender student at Wylie East High School, has been “Ethan” since seventh grade — to his friends, family and teachers. When he reached high school, his dad further validated his chosen name by requesting “Ethan” be used in school records, including in his email, class rosters and ID, which his teachers honored until this fall. Three weeks after Brignac started his senior year, Wylie East administrators called him to the library and gave him a new ID. On it, in white capital letters, was a name he hadn’t been called in five years.
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Why some Texas teachers are being forced to “deadname” trans students under a new state law
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth. Ethan Brignac, a transgender student at Wylie East High School, has been “Ethan” since seventh grade — to his friends, family and teachers. When he reached high school, his dad further validated his chosen name by requesting “Ethan” be used in school records, including in his email, class rosters and ID, which his teachers honored until this fall. Three weeks after Brignac started his senior year, Wylie East administrators called him to the library and gave him a new ID. On it, in white capital letters, was a name he hadn’t been called in five years.
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President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions -- including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers -- to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands. The Republican president blamed the situation on Democrats and suggested voters shouldn't reward the party during next year's midterm elections.
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- Northwest - 2025 Operations Funding Election (Proposition A)
2025 Operations Funding Election (Proposition A) Northwest ISD has called an operations funding election to provide voters with the opportunity to decrease class sizes in exchange for a 3-cent increase to the tax rate. Because of continued tax rate compression, voter approval of the measure would still result in a tax rate decrease from 2024. Combined with a $40,000 increase to the homestead exemption, most homeowners are expected to pay less in property taxes in 2025.
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Texans set to approve $3 billion dementia research fund
The Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas fund, a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will provide $3 billion in grants to researchers. Texas voters on Tuesday are on track to approve Proposition 14, the constitutional amendment that both establishes a Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) and authorizes the spending of $3 billion to set up the fund. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led the effort this past legislative session to create DPRIT, modeling the center on the state’s cancer research fund. Senate Bill 5, by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, was passed earlier this year and effectively created the institute. Now that the constitutional amendment has passed, the institute is to be funded with $3 billion in surplus state revenue. After this first year, the institute will see up to $300 million appropriated each year.
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Preventive Law: The False Claims Act and Civil Rights – What You Don’t Know Could Cost You
In case you are running low on things to worry about this semester, never fear. This article is dedicated to the False Claims Act (FCA), another tool the federal government appears happy to point in the direction of public schools.
Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board
The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.
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‘Ripping our hearts out’: Austin ISD communities grieve proposed school closures
Nestled in Dove Springs between a public library, health clinic and city recreation center, Widén Elementary School, open since 1986, is as much a community gathering place as the rest of the buildings that surround it.
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Texas AG suing Round Rock, Leander ISDs for allegedly refusing to display Ten Commandments in classrooms
Under Senate Bill 10, Texas public school districts are required to display donated copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
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City of Conroe lets variance, annexation requests from Willis ISD die with no motion
A tree ordinance variance request and the annexation of a new school from Willis ISD got no traction with Conroe city leaders on Thursday as the issues both died for a lack of motion. The district sought an exemption from Conroe's tree ordinance requirements, grandfathering in the site through 2027. In an unrelated agenda item, the district asked for the voluntary annexation of its new elementary school at 8150 MP Clark Road. The school is located in Conroe’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Federal judge orders Conroe ISD, 13 other Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays
A federal judge has ordered 14 Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays by December 1 and banned them from posting new displays. The public school districts named include Conroe ISD. The ongoing legal battle over the Ten Commandments began in June when Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law, requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments and specifying the minimum size required.
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Texas AG suing Round Rock, Leander ISDs for allegedly refusing to display Ten Commandments in classrooms
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking two Central Texas school districts to court, accusing them of violating state law by refusing to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Round Rock ISD, Leander ISD and members of both districts' Board of Trustees.
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Fort Worth ISD trustees vote 7-1 to appeal state takeover
The Fort Worth ISD board voted 7-1 Tuesday night to appeal a decision by state educators to assume control over the struggling district, a decision that injects new uncertainty into a takeover that has upended the district. The vote to request the State Office of Administrative Hearings to reconsider the intervention came at the end of a four-hour school board meeting.
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Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would appeal. Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and will instead need to stick with the lines passed in 2021, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday.
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Killeen ISD board names Dr. King Davis as new superintendent
The Killeen Independent School District board voted Monday to name Dr. King Davis as the district’s new superintendent, the district announced.
Davis has served as interim superintendent since Aug. 11. The board named him the lone finalist for the position on Oct. 20.
The decision came after community input and board discussions about what qualities the district needed in its next leader. Board members said Davis embodies what they heard consistently from the community: experience, stability, transparency and a commitment to students and staff.
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Dallas ISD administrator named sole finalist for EPISD superintendent
Brian Lusk, currently the deputy superintendent of academics and transformation at Dallas Independent School District, has been chosen as the sole finalist to be the next superintendent of the El Paso Independent School District.
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El Paso ISD names Dr. Brian Lusk as lone finalist for superintendent
The El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees has unanimously named Dr. Brian Lusk as the lone finalist for the position of superintendent.
Board President Leah Hanany expressed confidence in Dr. Lusk's ability to advance the district's mission of providing high-quality education.
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Ex-Celina ISD teacher, coach arrest: Investigation identifies 38 victims, officials say
Celina police say their investigation into a former Celina ISD teacher and coach who was arrested for invasive visual recording and possession of child pornography and indicted last week on federal charges of sexual exploitation of children identified 38 victims in digital data. William Caleb Elliott, 26, a former 6th-grade history teacher and 8th-grade coach at Celina ISD's Moore Middle School -- and the son of Celina ISD athletic director Bill Elliott -- was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on eight federal charges, including seven counts of production of child pornography and one count of attempted production of child pornography, officials say. If convicted, Elliott faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison, officials say.
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Paxton sues Leander and Round Rock school districts for not displaying Ten Commandments
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Leander and Round Rock Independent School Districts and their respective board of trustee members for not displaying donated copies of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms. In the lawsuit that was filed Tuesday, Paxton's office said Round Rock ISD chose to “openly defy” state law after indicating it would not comply with Senate Bill 10 in a Sept. 15 email.
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College Station ISD announces location of new admin building
College Station ISD has announced the location for its new administrative building. On Tuesday, the district met to discuss a new admin facility with its facilities team. The facility is planned to be built on Sebesta Road off Highway 6. The location is near the car dealerships along the highway, close to the Highway 6 and Texas Avenue split. Executive Director of Facilities, Paul Buckner, said the funding for the project will come from recently passed bonds and will not impact other upcoming projects.
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Fort Worth ISD school board votes to appeal TEA takeover
The Fort Worth ISD school board voted 7-1 Tuesday night to appeal the state's takeover of the district. The district was eligible for state intervention because one of its campuses, The Leadership Academy at Forest Oak 6th Grade, received its fifth consecutive "unacceptable" academic rating for the 2022–2023 school year. FWISD has since closed the campus.
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Huntington ISD reviews gains at elementary, considers LASO grant
Huntington ISD trustees heard Monday evening that Huntington Elementary has officially exited state school-improvement status after several years of improvement work, while administrators acknowledged the remaining accountability challenges and outlined new grant proposals aimed at sustaining academic gains and bringing more teachers into the district.
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After Cleveland ISD crashes, Houston-area data shows most districts short on bus drivers
In August, Cleveland ISD had two major school bus crashes carrying dozens of students. So ABC13 started to look into what kind of training is required at school districts across our area and how shortages could be affecting it. Some say school bus drivers are essential in order to keep the well-oiled machine of schools running.
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Zapata ISD police officer arrested on felony stalking charge
Laredo police arrested a Zapata ISD police officer on a third-degree felony stalking charge, and the incident remains under investigation. According to Laredo police, officers responded around noon Sunday, Nov. 16, to a report of an alleged assault in the 5700 block of U.S. 83. A woman called to report that her sister had been assaulted by a law enforcement officer making threats.
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How a Dan Patrick Political Operative Is Literally Rewriting the Story of the Alamo
How a Dan Patrick Political Operative Is Literally Rewriting the Story of the Alamo: Months before top Republicans forced out the widely respected leader of the Alamo’s $500 million redevelopment for being too “woke,” a close political aide to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick undertook a literal rewrite of the heritage site’s three-hundred-year history. Some time in the summer, Patrick tapped Sherry Sylvester, who worked as his adviser for five years of his tenure as lieutenant governor, to “review” the 20,000-word text panels in development for the new Alamo museum and visitors center, scheduled to open in 2027. Sylvester’s job was to get the drafts ready for Patrick’s eventual assessment.
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Judge Orders Texas School Districts to Remove Ten Commandments Displays in Response to Second Lawsuit Filed by ACLU of Texas, Partners, and Families
SAN ANTONIO — In a win for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction requiring certain public school districts in Texas to remove Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1, and prohibiting them from posting new displays. The order is in response to a new lawsuit filed Sept. 22 by a group of 15 multifaith and nonreligious families with children attending schools in the districts. In his order, U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia wrote that “displaying the Ten Commandments on the wall of a public school classroom as set forth in Senate Bill 10 violates the Establishment Clause.” He added, “It is impractical, if not impossible, to prevent Plaintiffs from being subjected to unwelcome religious displays without enjoining Defendants from enforcing S.B. 10 across their districts.”
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Abbott Sets January Runoff Date for North Texas Senate Race
The seat will be back on the ballot in November 2026, when voters will choose who will represent the district for the next full term. Gov. Greg Abbott has set Saturday, January 31, 2026, as the date for the special election runoffs in two major Texas races, including the contest to fill the Senate District 9 seat in North Texas. The Senate District 9 race will see Republican Leigh Wambsganss face Democrat Taylor Rehmet after the two advanced from November’s special election to succeed former Sen. Kelly Hancock, who resigned earlier this year to become acting comptroller.
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Google To Bring More Data Centers to Texas
Amid a data center boom in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Google is making a $40 billion investment to build additional data centers in the state. “We must ensure that America remains at the forefront of the AI revolution, and Texas is the place where that can happen,” said Abbott on Friday. Sundar Pichai—the CEO of Google and its parent company, Alphabet—explained that the “$40 billion investment we announced today will bring three new data center campuses to the state to power the new era of AI innovation.” Data centers are surging in number around Texas—oftentimes meeting opposition from local residents due to the centers’ consumption of large amounts of energy and unknown amounts of water. According to Abbott’s office, the “investment in Texas will help support Texas businesses and the economy, creating robust career opportunities across North Texas, West Texas, and the Panhandle.”
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Celina ISD Coach Hit With Federal Child Exploitation Charges
Now-former Moore Middle School coach Caleb Elliott faces eight federal felony charges of sexually exploiting children on top of three prior state charges. The Celina ISD middle school coach at the center of an illicit locker room recording scandal now faces federal felony child exploitation charges. Caleb Elliott was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of sexual exploitation of children, specifically production of child sexual abuse material. The indictment filed Wednesday in a federal district court in Sherman alleges that between April and October 2025, Elliott coerced minors “to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct.” The first seven counts cite seven individual victims exploited by Elliott. The eighth count is for attempted exploitation. Elliott was a 6th grade teacher and 8th grade coach at Moore Middle School in Celina Independent School District. He is also the son of Celina ISD’s celebrated Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Bill Elliott.
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Paxton: State Board of Education Must Set Religious Literature Curriculum Standards
Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion formally concluding that the State Board of Education is legally required to adopt Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards for religious literature as a mandatory component of the public school enrichment curriculum. This directive comes in response to a request for legal clarification from SBOE Chair Aaron Kinsey, who asked whether the board must promulgate rules for religious literature instruction and how that instruction must be implemented in Texas schools. Kinsey also sought guidance as to whether the SBOE could incorporate religious literature into English or social studies courses or if it must be a stand alone course. According to Paxton’s opinion, the board is required to adopt TEKS for religious literature, as it is part of the state’s enrichment curriculum.
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Greg Abbott Proposes Property Tax Changes For Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has proposed a series of property tax changes for people living in the state. Speaking during an event launching his reelection campaign on Sunday, Abbott, a Republican, announced his intention to give voters more power to set tax rates including via referendums and other votes.
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Property tax reform a key part of Gov. Abbott’s platform in his campaign for a fourth term
Texas Governor Greg Abbott formally launched his campaign last week to be elected to a record fourth term. In a campaign swing that began in Houston and continued in Tyler and Temple, Abbott has focused on property tax reform. While the state legislature has cut school property taxes for homeowners over the years, and for businesses starting next year, many Texans still believe their property taxes are too high.
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