Ever wondered how the regulations that impact public schools are made? Regulations are created by Texas state agencies under the requirements of The Texas Administrative Procedure Act. These types of laws were adopted across the country, beginning in the 1940s, to ensure fairness while bringing efficiency and accuracy into the states’ administrative processes.

Advocates want a federal appeals court to allow them to fight for the Texas Dream Act. The law giving eligible undocumented students in-state tuition at colleges was blocked last year.  Students, immigrant-rights advocates and Austin Community College are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let them defend the Texas Dream Act that has helped thousands of undocumented students afford college.  The law allowed certain students who attended and graduated from high school in Texas to pay in-state tuition, even if they lacked legal immigration status. The measure was blocked exactly one year ago after the Trump administration sued the state, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed not to defend the law.  Now, Students for Affordable Tuition, La Unión del Pueblo Entero, Austin Community College and student Oscar Silva want a chance to defend the law themselves. Paxton’s office and Justice Department lawyers say the case shouldn’t be reopened because the Texas law conflicts with federal immigration law. view article

Students, immigrant-rights advocates and Austin Community College are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let them defend the Texas Dream Act that has helped thousands of undocumented students afford college.  The law allowed certain students who attended and graduated from high school in Texas to pay in-state tuition, even if they lacked legal immigration status. The measure was blocked exactly one year ago after the Trump administration sued the state, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed not to defend the law. view article

The settlement approval between Texas and New Mexico is being proclaimed a win for farmers and water rights. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller publicly praised the outcome, “I commend Attorney General Ken Paxton for securing this historic settlement that protects Texas water rights and holds our neighbors accountable. Water is the lifeblood of Texas life and agriculture, and this agreement helps ensure our producers have the resources they need to continue feeding and clothing our state, our nation, and the world.”  view article

She noted that her comments were “clearly directed” at Watkins, not the foundation, but it was the foundation that sued her. “I believe my opponent, who is a director of the 501c3, along with the superintendent and the majority of board members who supported him, used the foundation for political law-fare,” she wrote. “They then non-suited, leaving me with thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees … never having to show how the foundation was actually ‘damaged’ by my comments regarding my political opponent, recruited by the superintendent, who is also the executive director of the Foundation.”   Leo Wilson added that since suing her the foundation has grown from $175 million to $250 million. As previously reported, an activist raised questions about BHEF’s use of taxpayer monies meant to benefit students. Eight years of the foundation’s federal filings show it returned just three percent of monies it received to Barbers Hill ISD.  The Texas Education Agency launched an investigation into the school district in February, which an agency spokesperson stated “remains open and ongoing.”  view article

Wylie ISD has received and accepted the resignation of Wylie East High School Principal Tiffany Doolan. Mrs. Doolan notified the district on May 26 of her decision to step down after 19 years of service to Wylie ISD students, staff, and families. For the past four months, Wylie East High School and Wylie ISD have faced significant public attention following the Feb. 2, 2026, “Why Islam” incident at the school. From the beginning, the district acknowledged that the situation should never have occurred and that serious mistakes were made. The district, Board of Trustees, and campus leadership publicly apologized, accepted responsibility for the procedural failure, and took immediate action to address the matter. Corrective measures were implemented, and procedures were strengthened to help prevent such a situation from happening again.  Wylie ISD has consistently stated that the district does not promote religion, politics, or ideology and strongly believes those matters belong between students and their families. Wylie ISD also rejects any claim that the district was dishonest or misleading regarding the events of Feb. 2. The district has communicated transparently with Wylie East parents, the community, and the media throughout this matter. Assertions that the district intentionally promoted a religion, attempted to hide facts, or failed to address the matter are false. view article

The Celina ISD board of trustees has removed eight titles from its library catalog, including "Beloved" by Toni Morrison and "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker.  The board voted to remove the books under Senate Bill 13, a state law which went into effect last September, at meetings April 20 and May 18.  Out of 13 books under consideration, the board decided to remove three books April 20 and five books May 18.  The trustees upheld the recommendation of the school library advisory council on whether to keep or remove each book. view article

Paxton is banking on his recent lawsuits against tech and social media companies like Meta, WhatsApp and Discord to win a Senate seat, building on notable victories in years past. view article

The Mansfield school board is looking into questions about whether the board president meets district residency requirements following a Star-Telegram report on Tuesday. In March, board president Jandel Crutchfield signed a non-homestead affidavit saying she does not reside in the Mansfield home she gave as her primary mailing address when she ran for school board in 2024. In the sworn statement, which was filed in Tarrant County, Crutchfield declared she had never lived in the Mansfield home and had no intention of doing so in the future. The affidavit characterized the home as an investment property.   view article

Two LGBTQ+ groups called the lawsuit “frivolous,” saying plans for the event at a public pool had already changed to comply with a new Texas law.  Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday that his office has sued the City of Denton to block plans for gender-neutral changing rooms during a private Pride swim party at a public pool.  In a joint statement, PRIDENTON and OUTreach Denton said the lawsuit was unnecessary because the LGBTQ+ groups had already changed plans and removed mention of gender-neutral changing rooms from all posts about their fourth-annual swim event on June 7. view article

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against critical sections of Senate Bill 4, but a provision allowing police to arrest people suspected of illegal entry did activate. view article

Texas’ Supreme Court ruled that trustees can go straight to court to obtain records they are entitled to.  Texas’ Supreme Court has ruled that school board members don’t have to go through the Texas Education Agency to force school districts to release records, but can go straight to court.  While most legal disputes concerning the education system require exhausting remedies through the TEA, the Court concluded that Texas Education Code 11.1512 offers a statutory exception.  It has now been clarified that when a school district blows its deadline to turn over documents that trustees are entitled to see, those trustees can go straight to court instead of being dragged through TEA’s slow, delay‑ridden process. view article

Former La Pryor Independent School District superintendent William Arevalo, who was placed on paid leave pending an investigation into an alleged assault, was arrested, according to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said Arevalo was arrested on Wednesday on a charge of injury to a child. view article

A Cy-Fair ISD mother says her 13-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a fellow student on campus, and that school administrators failed to take action even after she and her husband reported the incident. The mother, whose identity is being withheld to protect her daughter, says the alleged misconduct escalated rapidly over the course of just a few school days. view article

A Dallas high school principal removed from a school after a racial controversy last fall has been appointed to lead another campus Award-winning principal Chandra Hooper Barnett was named the new leader of Lincoln High School, a magnet school in southern Dallas whose student population is more than 70% Black. It comes several months after the district removed her as principal of Woodrow Wilson High School after she allegedly called a meeting of only Black students to reprimand them for their academic performance. view article

The approval comes after Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit against a shareholder advisory firm that attempted to discourage the move.  ExxonMobil investors have approved the company’s move of its legal domicile to Texas. The oil company’s proposal originally faced opposition from one of the largest shareholder advisory firms.  Texas sued Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) following its expressed disapproval of ExxonMobil’s plans to relocate.   Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in the lawsuit filed last week that ISS used its influence over corporate shareholders “to advance ESG and diversity-focused political agendas rather than objective financial guidance.”  Paxton specifically pointed out ISS’s opposition to ExxonMobil’s plan for redomiciling in Texas as evidence for his accusations. view article

County officials found that hundreds of the flagged voters registered through DPS, which requires proof of citizenship. view article

Just a few months ago, the smart home device company Ring paid millions of dollars to run a seemingly innocuous Super Bowl advertisement about finding lost dogs. Using the app’s now-defunct “Search Party” function, the ad showed how users could share a picture of their lost dog with Ring, which would access customer camera feeds and use artificial intelligence to locate their pet. Ring’s marketing team probably thought the ad would be heartwarming and well received. Instead, they almost immediately faced backlash from viewers concerned about the wide-reaching implications of home surveillance and data-sharing with police.  view article

Carroll Independent School District (ISD) is celebrating a significant legal victory over a Biden administration rule that the district said would have allowed men who identify as women into girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms. “This outcome represents a significant legal victory for Carroll ISD, for the state of Texas, the entire nation and for those committed to preserving the original intent of Title IX, which was to ensure women and girls had equal access to educational opportunities, expanded opportunities in athletics, and extended protections in sex-based discrimination like the prevention from boys accessing our daughters bathrooms, locker rooms and competing on their athletic teams,” Carroll ISD Board of Trustees President Cameron Bryan said during his president’s report this week. view article

Parents rallied outside of the Pflugerville ISD Office on Friday in continued efforts to challenge the district on its decision to close four schools in 2027-28 as part of its balanced budget process. view article

A former Magnolia ISD teacher is now in custody and charged with an improper relationship between an educator and a student. Court documents reveal that 40-year-old Jason Maldonado worked at Magnolia Parkway Elementary school as a second-grade teacher. view article

Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constables are actively investigating allegations involving a former second-grade teacher that was employed at Magnolia Parkway Elementary School in the Magnolia Independent School District. The investigation began in December 2025 following a report received through Child Protective Services alleging inappropriate contact between the teacher and students. Since that time, Montgomery County Precinct 5 Investigators have conducted multiple forensic interviews with students, interviewed witnesses and school personnel, and contacted numerous families associated with the classroom. view article

A West Side middle school principal was arrested early Wednesday morning and is accused of driving while intoxicated, jail records show. Kevin Vanlanham, 36, drove the wrong way on West Loop 1604 and was pulled over by Converse police just after 2 a.m., a Converse lieutenant officer told KSAT. view article

A coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday challenging a Trump administration rule that limits access to federal student loans for borrowers earning a graduate degree in several popular, healthcare-related fields.  "Higher education is expensive, and our health care system is already under immense strain," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. "This rule will shut talented people out of critical professions and leave communities with fewer health care providers they desperately need."    At issue is a pair of complex changes that, taken together, drew the ire of the American Nurses Association and triggered Tuesday's lawsuit. view article

In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical companies tied to Tylenol in state court, repeating claims made a month earlier by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the pain relief drug was linked to autism and ADHD in children.  Paxton, a close ally of the Trump administration who had already announced a U.S. Senate bid, accused drugmakers of marketing Tylenol to pregnant mothers without disclosing its dangers. “The reckoning has arrived,” the state’s attorneys wrote in the lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue Brands and Kenvue Inc.  “By holding Big Pharma accountable for poisoning our people, we will help Make America Healthy Again,” Paxton proclaimed in a news release that echoed Kennedy’s slogan.  Paxton hired the Chicago law firm Keller Postman to argue the case in state court. The firm had served as lead counsel in a similar case about Tylenol’s safety that was dismissed a year earlier by a New York federal judge who found the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses unreliable. view article

A former Marshall ISD educational aide is accused of hanging a student upside down by their feet and swinging them around, causing the child to hit their head, according to an affidavit. Rachel Ann Kirspel, 37, of Marshall was arrested Monday and charged with injury to a child. According to the affidavit, the incident occurred May 14 at the Marshall Early Childhood Center, located at in the 1600 block of Meadow Street. view article

Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals. view article

The city filed a lawsuit in Travis County to validate bonds that voters have twice rejected.  Attorney General Ken Paxton has suggested that a Travis County district court dismiss a bond-validation lawsuit that the City of McKinney had filed against its own citizens. Voters had twice rejected bonds funding an airport expansion project before the city sought alternate solutions. view article

The group allegedly misled donors while funneling millions to groups it publicly condemns.  Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center following allegations that the organization funded violent extremist groups it publicly claims to oppose.  The investigation comes after federal prosecutors indicted the SPLC in April on fraud charges, alleging the nonprofit improperly raised millions of dollars from donors while secretly directing funds to individuals affiliated with groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).  The SPLC has long positioned itself as a watchdog organization that tracks and exposes so-called “hate groups” while advocating against discrimination and extremism. Its widely cited reports and designations have influenced public discourse, policymaking, and corporate decisions across the country. view article

A Cleveland ISD teacher is facing charges after investigators say she had an improper relationship with a student, according to district officials and jail records. view article

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has named Texarkana Independent School District as one of the many districts his office is investigating for purported noncompliance with two state laws. view article

McKinney chose to file in Travis County, where citizens are unlikely to appear on short notice. view article

The ruling blocks Texas DPS from enforcing a state law making illegal reentry a crime and allowing the state to issue “removal” orders against illegal aliens.  A federal judge has once again blocked major portions of Texas’ border enforcement law Senate Bill 4, stopping the state from enforcing its new “reentry” crime and deportation process against noncitizens with prior removal histories—just as those provisions were set to take effect. view article

The law, which gives state law enforcement and judges a role in immigration enforcement, is set to go into effect in two days. view article

After a dizzying string of court actions on smokeable hemp this week, Texas 15th Court of Appeals agreed to allow the sale of the drug until May 14. view article