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Preventive Law: The Emergency Repairs Process: Knowing and Planning
It’s that time of year when weather conditions can be unpredictable. A small chance of rain can rapidly turn into lightning, high winds, and hail. When emergency repairs arise, it’s important for school districts to be able to respond quickly and legally. Let’s review the process for districts to utilize when responding to the need for emergency repairs and steps to take in preparation for when emergency repairs are required.
Houston ISD overhauls central office organization, promotes new deputy chiefs of schools
Houston ISD is overhauling its central office again, creating four new offices and promoting senior administrators, June district records show. The roles are critical because managers in these offices supervise principals and make decisions that campus leaders and teachers must carry out in schools.
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Felix Named Interim Superintendent Of Edinburg School District
Felix Named Interim Superintendent Of Edinburg School District The Edinburg school board is naming a new interim superintendent after their previous pick decided to withdraw. Former La Joya ISD Superintendent Gisela Saenz was picked for the position last week. But Saenz decided to turn down the job for undisclosed reasons. The school board voted Wednesday to appoint Chief of Finance and Operations Adel Felix as the interim superintendent. Felix has been with the Edinburg CISD since 2023 and previously worked as an assistant superintendent in the McAllen school district.
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Vaccination rates in Texas schools have been dropping. Look up the latest vaccination rates in your district.
The Texas Tribune has created a searchable database of the latest vaccine rates for school districts and private schools and how they’ve changed in the last year. The rates of students exempt from required immunizations for conscientious or religious reasons increased statewide this past school year. Meanwhile, the percentage of students up to date on vaccinations — also known as coverage rates — varied by vaccine. Kindergarten vaccination rates across the state and nation have dropped in recent years compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic as exemption rates have risen.
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Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases
Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases
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UT Appoints New Dean to the College of Education
Daniel Hamlin will assume the position on Aug. 16, ahead of the upcoming semester.
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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods
Abbott previously outlined a broad regulatory framework around data centers amid backlash from rural communities around their impact on residential neighborhoods
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New federal student loan rules bring repayment changes, borrowing caps. Here’s what to know.
New student loan rules went into effect Wednesday, from new repayment plans to caps on professional and parent loans. Many of the changes stem from the Trump administration's budget overhaul, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. They also come as the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan ends. A federal appeals court ruled to eliminate the cost-cutting, income-driven plan after its constitutionality was challenged.
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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education
After much deliberation and debate in the 89th Regular Session, the Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 2 (SB2) in 2025, the state’s first-ever universal voucher program. This new $1 billion taxpayer-funded program is structured as an Education Savings Account (ESA), allowing eligible students to use $10,330 in fiscal year 2027 for private school expenses. Homeschooled students will be eligible to receive approximately $2,000, and students with special education needs will get up to $30,000. Texas parents will be able to use vouchers for the first time beginning in the 2026-27 school year.
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Paxton Cracks Egg Antitrust Case, Hatches Settlement for Texans
The settlement is a result of a multi-state antitrust case, which accused three egg companies of illegally conspiring to inflate prices.
Food banks across Texas will receive over seven million free eggs after Attorney General Ken Paxton alongside other state attorneys general and the Department of Justice secured a settlement with three egg companies, which were accused of purposefully manipulating consumer prices. Texas, along with 16 other states, filed suit against Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch, alleging they conspired to inflate egg prices between 2022 to 2025. This was discovered during an investigation conducted with the U.S. Department of Justice and other partners. Details from the investigation revealed that the three companies had allegedly conspired to coordinate their bidding in a way that would influence daily egg price quotes published by a benchmark pricing service company Urner Barry. Urner Barry prices are used in egg supply contracts with retailers and the food service industry.
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Interview: RNC Chair Joe Gruters Gives New Details on Dallas Midterm Convention
The Republican National Committee chairman discusses why the party is holding its first-ever midterm convention, what delegates can expect, and the role the Texas GOP will play.
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Texas AG Freezes Foreign Site’s Domain for Ignoring Age-Verification Law
Attorney General Ken Paxton obtained a court order freezing the web domain of a foreign pornography company for failing to comply with age-verification requirements. As Mary Berg reports, state law requires pornographic websites to implement age-verification measures to ensure minors are not accessing obscene material. Texas' law was passed with bipartisan support in 2023 and was subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025.
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Nearly 73,000 School Choice Accounts Receive Initial Funding
Nearly 73,000 education freedom accounts received initial funding Wednesday as part of Texas’ new school choice program. The Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) program allows eligible families to use state funds for approved educational products and services. Participation in the program is determined through a lottery system based on the student and family needs. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said the program includes both private school and homeschool families in the first group to receive funding from the program. Homeschool families will receive their full annual $2,000 award, while private school students will receive the first 25 percent now, with the remainder being awarded throughout the rest of the school year.
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Republican leading Texas voucher rollout to step down at end of July
Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced Wednesday he plans to step down from his post later this month, dealing a shakeup to the agency as it rolls out the state’s fledgling private school voucher program. Gov. Greg Abbott shared a copy of Hancock’s resignation letter on Wednesday and thanked the former state senator for his service.
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Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock to resign at end of month
Gov. Greg Abbott chose the former GOP lawmaker for the role last year, giving him the reins of Texas’ $1 billion school voucher rollout. Hancock was defeated in his bid for a full term in March. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock will step down from his post as Texas’ chief financial officer at the end of July, according to a resignation letter he submitted to Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday. Hancock’s departure notice, first reported by Texas Bullpen and confirmed by Abbott, comes one year to the day after he took over the agency. He was chosen by the governor after the previous comptroller, Glenn Hegar, stepped down to become the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Hancock oversaw the beginning of the state’s $1 billion program to offer parents vouchers to send their kids to private schools, one of the agency’s biggest and newest responsibilities.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship
The court’s ruling means children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will continue to be citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shut down President Trump’s attempt to reverse a 170-year-old constitutional right that gives American citizenship to babies born to undocumented immigrants. In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court said that children born on American soil to undocumented parents are “‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause.”
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Overreliance on Wind and Solar Drives Permian Basin Energy Issues
Unreliable energy and a “mockery of republican form of government” take center stage in transmission line battle. In response to lawmakers’ request for a pause on extra-high-voltage transmission lines, transmission service providers admitted reliance on wind and solar power, along with government intervention, is driving Permian Basin energy issues. This aligns with a third-party report that the lines are primarily built to support wind and solar, while local reliable generation alternatives were never fully examined. Providers argued that public utility commissioners do not have the power to grant lawmakers’ request to pause the project. The next day, state senators announced they would hold a hearing on the proposed lines in late July.
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San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers, testing its local control
San Marcos has become the first Texas city to ban data centers within city limits, banking on its local authority to stop the data center boom and setting a precedent for other municipalities to follow. San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 on June 16 to define data centers and make them ineligible for any part of the city in its zoning laws, citing concerns that these developments would funnel water and energy resources from the local community.
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One year after the July 4 flood, Kerr County shows signs of trauma and healing
Crider’s dance hall is back. Homes are rebuilt. Kids swim in the river. But there’s also deep grief after the river killed 119 people and traumatized more. Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the flood last Fourth of July. A year later, the pile is still there.
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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods
Abbott previously outlined a broad regulatory framework around data centers amid backlash from rural communities around their impact on residential neighborhoods.Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday. “I made clear already: Any AI data center even thinking about coming here — they got to bring their own money, bring their own power, reuse their own water and do it in a way that reduces the cost of electricity for residents across our state,” he said. “We must eliminate the tax break they are getting. They must be responsible for funding their own projects here in Texas. We will get that done.”
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Foreign-born professor who danced on Charlie Kirk’s grave set to receive major payday
The woman relished the news of the young man's murder, then painted herself as the real victim. In the immediate wake of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, depraved leftists celebrated in classrooms, in town squares, online, and elsewhere. Some of those who publicly relished the news of the young father's murder were publicly shamed, received reprimands, or even lost their jobs.
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Canyon student takes one small step toward moon with NASA program
Canyon High School senior Rebecca Cooke recently completed the 20-week Texas Aerospace Scholars (TAS) summer experience, Moonshot, a competitive STEM program connected to NASA's Johnson Space Center. Cooke was selected as one of more than 1,000 high school juniors from across Texas to participate in the program after being nominated by her state legislator, according to Canyon ISD. Throughout the experience, she collaborated with students across the state, participated in briefings with NASA experts, explored NASA's current missions, and helped design a mission to the moon and Mars. Cooke said that she especially enjoyed “working with team members with people who have the same interests as you in engineering. There’s some times where you have disagreements, but part of being a team is going through the disagreements and learning a lot more."
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On the upper Texas coast, many petrochemical facilities may not be prepared for fiercer storms
wGalveston County alone is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. Their level of emergency preparedness varies widely. Nearly two decades had passed since the storm. For many, the memory of what had happened on Goat Island had largely vanished into the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, what residents remembered that year were the piles of boats and cars washed up along the highway to Galveston and the twisted mounds of debris where homes once stood. It was late summer 2008, and Hurricane Ike had just struck, decimating parts of the upper Texas Gulf Coast. But Goat Island — a spit of swampy land just east of Galveston — also flooded, and with it an oil and gas facility that sat on its uninhabited shores. When the hurricane struck, piping to the St. Mary Land and Exploration Company’s storage tanks snapped apart, releasing thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf. By the time St. Mary workers arrived a day later, the tanks were empty. There were nearly 450 reported releases of oil, gasoline and other hazardous substances into the air and water during Ike, including the incident on Goat Island. None of these releases was catastrophic. But the area’s luck may not hold.
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Abbott Was for Data Centers Before Rural Texas Was Against Them
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will not allow data centers to be built in rural Texas neighborhoods. Apparently, Abbott was for data centers before rural Texas was against them. The line recalls one of the most damaging political statements of the 2004 presidential campaign, when Democratic nominee John Kerry said he had voted for an $87 billion spending measure before voting against it. Republicans used the statement relentlessly as proof that Kerry would change positions whenever the politics became uncomfortable.
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London ISD superintendent submits his resignation after 2 years with the district
London ISD Superintendent Dr. Bill Chapman has resigned from the district. Chapman submitted his resignation during a school board meeting Tuesday night. His last day with the district is Aug. 31. A district spokesperson said Chapman's departure came down to fit.
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London ISD Superintendent Dr. Bill Chapman to retire after leading district for two years
London ISD Superintendent Dr. Bill Chapman has announced he is retiring after 32 years in public education. In a message sent to families through ParentSquare, Chapman said he will step down as superintendent on June 30 after serving two years leading London ISD. He will remain an employee of the district through Aug. 31.
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Longtime Hamshire-Fannett ISD superintendent retires
Longtime Hamshire-Fannett ISD superintendent Dr. Dwaine Augustine, named TASB's Region 5 2026 Superintendent of the Year, has stepped down and retired from his position. HFISD Communications Coordinator Mike Canizales confirmed the retirement:
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Allen ISD pauses superintendent search as leaders prep for next school year
Allen ISD officials are pausing the search for a new superintendent after district leaders appointed an acting superintendent earlier this year. In a joint statement attributed to AISD and the board of trustees, officials said the district is in "great hands" with acting Superintendent Kim McLaughlin. Board members appointed McLaughlin as the acting superintendent during a May 14 meeting.
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Houston ISD board unanimously approves controversial Bible-infused curriculum for 2026-27 school year
Houston ISD's state-appointed board of managers greenlit Bible-infused curriculum for elementary school students at a special board meeting Thursday night, when the board also voted to adopt a $2 billion operating budget for 2026-27. The state-developed Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for students in kindergarten through fifth grade has been criticized for its inclusion of biblical teachings in reading and language arts lessons. Its implementation also comes with a per-student financial incentive – more than $3 million in additional revenue for HISD, the largest school district in Texas.
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Dallas ISD brings students at 20 campuses back to school two weeks early. Will it make a difference?
Students at 20 campuses in Dallas ISD will be heading back to school in a little less than a month – two weeks early. Starting with the upcoming school year, Dallas ISD is extending the academic year at some of its campuses in hopes of giving students an early start.
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Connally ISD mourns passing of Connally High School Assistant Principal Derek Oden
The Connally ISD community is mourning the loss of former Connally High School Assistant Principal Derek Oden. Shared in a heartfelt social media post on Facebook, the district recognized the impact Oden had on those around him and Connally ISD. Oden served others throughout his life. He joined the U.S. Marines before serving in education for 17 years. Oden was with Connally ISD for one year, but leaves behind a meaningful impact.
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Special education parents in Houston ISD searching for answers ahead of changes in services
A small group of parents gathered Wednesday night looking for advice on how to combat the controversial changes to special education Houston ISD is implementing for the upcoming school year.
Texas' largest school district is consolidating special education services to select campuses beginning in 2026-27, which prompted an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The move would require some students to be transferred from their neighborhood school to another school in the district that would be tapped as a hub to provide a variety of special education services.
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Houston ISD Trustees Approve State’s Bluebonnet Learning Curriculum After Prior Rejection
Houston Independent School District trustees voted to adopt the Texas Education Agency’s Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students, reversing a decision the district made last year. The vote late last week followed public comment from parents on both sides of the issue. Some argued the district moved too quickly without enough transparency or community input. One parent told trustees that forcing Bluebonnet on the district without clarity or community involvement was unacceptable, saying it was too soon given the stakes involved. Another parent argued public education should focus on shared secular knowledge and civic values rather than emphasizing one religion or religious text.
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Corpus Christi declines to seek federal grant for long-debated water desalination plant
City Council members traded insults before the 5-4 vote blocked an effort to apply for up to $120 million in federal grants to help build the treatment plant. Fewer than a dozen projects are expected to qualify for the federal agency’s WaterSMART Program this year. Applications are ranked on a point system, which prioritizes “how much of the annual demand for the service area is offset by the desalinated water,” according to the agency.. “If the city does not apply for this grant, it seems like we’re looking [away from] what is essentially free money,” she said. “Many of you have argued against this project based on cost, and this grant and subsequent grant funds that might be available will make this drought-proof project much more affordable for our region.” Mary Carlson, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, said desalination is a critical tool for diversifying water supplies. “As we continue to manage through the impacts of severe drought, desalination offers potential new and reliable water supplies for communities” she said in a statement.
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