The governor is calling for an expansion of in-state anti-terrorism programs and an increase in federal partnerships.   view article

While a new policy has not yet been set, Friendswood ISD officials are inching closer toward an “away for the day” cellphone policy for the 2025-26 school year. Officials presented considerations and feedback from FISD students, staff and community members at the March 10 board meeting. view article

San Angelo ISD students are expected to be introduced to a new curriculum in the fall of 2025. After a two-hour-long discussion at a school board meeting on March 10, SAISD board members approved Bluebonnet Learning. Board members approved the reading and language arts program for kindergarten through fifth grade in a 4-3 vote. The board also approved the math program for kindergarten through eighth grade in a 6-1 vote. view article

The Brownsville Independent School District is seeking applications and will hold a specially called Board of Trustees meeting Friday to consider appointing a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death last month of board president Erasmo Castro Jr. view article

The San Angelo ISD Board of Trustees will revisit its decision on adopting the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum at a special meeting Monday at 5:45 p.m. The meeting will happen at the San Angelo ISD Administration Building, located at 1621 University Ave. The proposed instructional material, previously tabled in February, has drawn debate over its content, instructional quality, and concerns about potential religious influence. view article

Staley Middle School is one of the oldest schools in Frisco and a cornerstone of its community. However, many parents tell WFAA they feel the school has been 'historically underfunded' and 'overlooked' by the district. Monday night, Frisco ISD will present plans for the school’s future, but for parents like Jeanette Alexander and Christy Williams, the situation is filled with uncertainty. view article

The Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD Board of Trustees voted to close down four schools in an attempt to improve the district’s financial situation.  view article

As Houston ISD’s state-appointed board of managers considers closing an undisclosed number of campuses for the 2026-27 school year, elected trustees are asking for community members to be involved in the process. view article

The Canutillo Independent School District is considering laying off employees, increasing class sizes and cutting student programs as it faces potential financial exigency — the equivalent of bankruptcy for education institutions. The Canutillo ISD school board met Tuesday to discuss the budget for the 2025-26 school year and go over cost-saving options, including eliminating elementary school music classes, canceling district-funded travel and setting a hiring freeze on non-essential employees. view article

Four Fort Worth ISD schools are no longer being considered for closure or consolidation. As the district continues weighing a facilities master plan that could lead to the closure or consolidation of more than a dozen campuses over the next several years, officials stressed that options are ever-changing. view article

A new itemized report reveals that Humble ISD spent nearly $2 million on a two-year legal saga involving the former superintendent and her husband, the district's former athletic director. A Title IX complaint in 2023 against former superintendent Elizabeth Fagen’s husband, Troy Kite, led to a lengthy legal process that ended with the termination of both employees. view article

Christian A. Bourgeacq, an independent hearing examiner with the Texas Education Agency, found the Mart Independent School District Board of Trustees has good cause to terminate Superintendent Elizabeth “Betsy” Burnett for insubordination, unprofessional conduct, misrepresentation of facts, failure to timely inform the Board of important matters, and violations of her contract and Board policies, according to the examiner’s recommendation document. The recommendation comes in the wake of a series of public hearings on Jan. 24, 27, and 28 at the Region 12 Training Center in Waco, Texas. view article

Members of a Fort Worth homeowners' association filed a lawsuit against several members of the Keller ISD school board Monday afternoon. The Heritage Homeowners Association and residents Cary Moon and Brian Black filed the lawsuit against board members Charles Randklev, Heather Washington, John Birt, Chris Coker, and Micah Young. view article

The Floresville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday in favor of implementing a hybrid four-day school week for the 2025-2026 school year. The hybrid calendar includes five-day weeks from the start of the school year until Oct. 10, when the four-day weeks begin through remainder of the year. During the 18 non-holiday Fridays that school is off, childcare for pre-K through fifth grade students will be provided, according to the district. view article

The Floresville ISD Board of Trustees voted to move to a four day school week for the 2025 academic school year, according to the school district. The vote happened Monday night and the district says they hope this keeps and attracts quality teachers to support student learning. Floresville ISD says students are going to be in school Monday through Thursday during the second and fourth grading periods, and the full five days during the first and third grading periods. There are four grading periods through the year. view article

The Houston Independent School District said it will consider closing an unknown number of schools for the 2026-2027 academic year. The announcement came during a budget presentation made by HISD Superintendent Mike Miles Thursday at a Board of Managers meeting. The reasoning behind the potential closures was declining student enrollment. view article

For the third year in a row, Keller ISD leaders are asking themselves the same question: What do we cut? The answer — for the second year in a row: not enough. But before trustees could even begin discussing the district’s projected $12.4 million budget deficit for the 2025-26 school year — allocating for staff raises — concerns about an independent audit took center stage. view article

A group of around 200 parents and educators slowly entered the cafeteria at O.D. Wyatt High School. Conversation, and a sense of uneasiness, filled the room. The Feb. 24 community meeting hosted by Fort Worth ISD officials was the first in a series that could help decide the fate of neighborhood schools across east Fort Worth. Trustees first saw a slate of more than 40 options during a Feb. 11 board meeting. view article

Another Texas school district is shifting to a four-day school week A North Texas school district is transitioning to a four-day school week, following a slew of Texas schools that have made the shift in recent years. Ponder ISD is the latest to adopt a model that extends the school year but shortens the school week to four days. The district will now move up its first day of school to August 6, in order to meet the state's requirement of 75,600 instructional minutes a year. The first nine weeks will be a five-day school week before transitioning to a four-day school week for the rest of the year.  view article

The Aldine ISD Board of Trustees is expected to vote Tuesday night on whether to close six campuses, a move it's considering to save money in the face of rapidly declining enrollment. If the board OKs the measure, the district will have closed nine campuses in the last two years, affecting just over 4,000 students across the district. view article

About 300 Socorro ISD employees will be laid off in the coming weeks, the starkest of a number of actions the school board approved Wednesday to cut $38 million from next year’s budget. Socorro’s dire financial situation – officials said the district would be insolvent next year without the steep cuts – has a number of causes. But the primary cause is simple: The district has been spending more money than it takes in for a decade. And each year in that time, the Socorro ISD board voted to knowingly spend more than it was taking in, according to a presentation the school board received during the meeting. view article

The Austin school district has spent about $200,000, as of the end of 2024, on outside governance coaching and to cover travel costs for state-appointed monitors as part of the district's 2023 order by the Texas Education Agency to clear chronic backlogs of special education services requests, according to records obtained by the American-Statesman. view article

Hillwood Development Co. asked the Keller school board to stop using the term “Alliance ISD” in reference to the new district to be created by a proposed split, according to a letter sent to the board’s attorney obtained by the Star-Telegram through an open records request. But the board’s lawyer did not advise his clients of the letter before two meetings in January when the term was used during discussions of the proposal, according to two board members who oppose the split. Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article300684114.html#storylink=cpy view article

Fort Worth City Council member Charles Lauersdorf learned his lesson on zoning laws last year. When a developer purchased land next to Keller ISD’s Basswood Elementary where a Studio 6 motel was nearly built — due to its zoning designation as “light industrial,” a category that allows hotels by right — Lauersdorf acknowledged his oversight. view article

When asked about the ongoing brouhaha that’s erupted in Keller Independent School District over the school board’s discussion of splitting the district, I keep telling friends the same four words. I saw this coming. Years ago, in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown — when parents saw their kids masked, cities paralyzed, businesses closed and neighbors divided over the government’s response — a seed was planted to reclaim more control from local governments. view article

House Speaker Dustin Burrows appointed lawmakers to committees on Thursday, announcing a leadership team made up mostly of veterans who had led legislative panels under his predecessors — and appointing only Republicans to chair committees, as prescribed by the chamber’s new rules. view article

(The Center Square) – The White House over the weekend touted its progress on the southern border as President Donald Trump completed his fourth week back in office. view article

Several East Texans took to the podium at the Tyler ISD Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, calling for the district to issue a statement concerning the possibility of ICE enforcement. The meeting comes after the Trump administration determined officials could detain illegal immigrants at schools, churches and medical facilities. view article

In a move that has sparked both debate and outrage, Cy-Fair Independent School District has made significant changes to its textbooks, removing entire chapters on controversial topics such as vaccines, climate change, and diversity. The decision, which was implemented quietly last year, continues to fuel tensions among parents, educators, and board members. The district’s decision to excise specific chapters from textbooks has drawn comparisons to historical book-banning practices. However, Cy-Fair ISD is taking a different approach—stripping out individual chapters rather than removing entire books. view article

Frustration is still building in Keller after a backroom deal plotting the split of Keller Independent School District.Now students, a Fort Worth homeowner’s association and legal hotshots have entered the battlefield. Meanwhile, shakeups within the school board see new leadership as the district attempts to solve budget shortcomings. view article

i In Northern Kentucky, visitors to the "Ark Encounter" at the Creation Museum see baby dinosaurs in wooden cages aboard a replica of Noah's Ark. view article

Interim Superintendent Karen Molinar knows Fort Worth ISD needs to close schools. She isn’t sure when or how many. However, she knows the district cannot keep stretching resources into too many classrooms with too few students. “We’re trying to staff 140 buildings when we do not need that many buildings,” Molinar told the Fort Worth ISD Council of PTAs during its annual luncheon Feb. 11. “When we do consolidate, we’re going to be able to increase the resources for our students.” view article

Fort Worth ISD is considering closing up to 25 schools to address a $17 million budget deficit, a move that has caught many parents by surprise. The district, which serves about 75,000 students, could undergo significant changes that many families say caught them off guard. view article

Following months of community complaints and calls for transparency, Grand Prairie Independent School District trustees have approved a voluntary separation agreement with their former superintendent, Jorge Arredondo. view article

Following months of community complaints and calls for transparency, Grand Prairie Independent School District trustees have approved a voluntary separation agreement with their former superintendent, Jorge Arredondo. view article