A former Amarillo and Canyon ISD teacher, accused of child sex crimes, was arrested for a sixth time. Patrick Kenneth Farmer, 57, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of indecency with a child sexual contact. view article

Texas law prohibits public school districts, including Houston ISD, from directly advocating for school bond measures — but they can inform voters about what’s in the proposal. The Texas Election Code bars public employees, including teachers, principals and school board members, from spending public funds to advocate for or against any candidate or measure on the ballot, including a bond. They also cannot spend funds on any communication that is “reasonably likely" to influence a voter to vote for or against a measure. view article

Plano police are investigating after parents say a former Plano ISD staff member abused their disabled daughter. What we know: 18-year-old Saniyah Reese lives with a rare gene mutation called GRIN-1, causing neuro-development disorders. She takes special-needs classes at Plano Senior High School, where a now-former special needs teacher is under criminal investigation for alleged abuse against Reese. view article

The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today called on the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to take urgent and transparent action following the alleged violent targeting of three Afghan girls at Paul Revere Middle School on March 3. view article

A former Lewisville ISD teacher has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old student. John Leslie Collett, who taught at Camey Elementary School in The Colony, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in connection to the case, including the aggravated sexual assault of a child and an improper relationship between an educator and a student. view article

A former Nacogdoches ISD middle school teacher is going to prison for a 2023 relationship with a student despite asking for her actions to be excused. view article

Dr. Lilly and his legal counsel released a statement to 25 News reporter Josh Crawford shortly after Killeen ISD released documentation of Lilly's resignation. view article

One North Texas teenager is dead and another has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing outside of a track meet Wednesday morning. Police say an altercation between two teens turned deadly around 10 a.m., when one allegedly stabbed the other in Frisco, about 30 miles north of Dallas. view article

A video that has been circulating online has a Conroe father and his son frustrated, angry and confused. The video starts out with an altercation between two 7th grade students at Moorhead Junior High School. One of those students is Jace Dunaway. Jace says the fight was the result of excessive bullying by a group of students, that had reached it’s peak when one of the bullies pushed him and the fight broke out. view article

A Plano Independent School District family believes their daughter, who has a disability, was physically abused by a high school teacher. Police are investigating. Lestia Nelson said a few years ago her daughter, Saniyah was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called GRIN syndrome. "She's totally disabled," Lestia Nelson said. "She needs help with personal care, feeding, transferring, diapering, everything." view article

One student died and another was arrested on a murder charge after a stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet Wednesday morning, police and family members confirmed to WFAA. The stabbing happened around 10 a.m. at the University Interscholastic League's (UIL) District 11-5A championship track meet, which was being held at the Frisco Independent School District's Kuykendall Stadium. view article

Receiving a subpoena to testify for the first time can be daunting for most educators and school administrators. Preparation will ensure your testimony is clear and accurate. Whether the case involves student welfare, special education disputes, personnel matters, or other legal issues, below are key steps for teachers and administrators to prepare to testify under subpoena:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action after an investigation into Dallas ISD's transgender athlete policies. Paxton launched the investigation in February "to ensure that the districts are not allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports." His legal crusade has since extended to other North Texas districts. So far, he has launched probes into Dallas ISD, Irving ISD, Richardson ISD and Hutto ISD view article

Nearly five years ago, when Courtney Morey and her husband found out their daughter, Annie, had Down syndrome, one of her first thoughts was one of relief. Only a month earlier, the Moreys had moved to eastern Parker County, to a neighborhood on the northwestern outskirts of Fort Worth. The neighborhood is a part of the Aledo Independent School District, and Morey had heard that the district had a good reputation not only for academics overall, but also for special education in particular. They hoped the district would have exactly the kinds of services Annie needed. Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article302679339.html#storylink=cpy view article

A fall in a school hallway ended a longtime Northside ISD educator’s career and life. Her son believes the district failed to support her during her recovery. Evangeline Riojas’ calling was working with children. The 80-year-old dedicated her life to working as a teacher and counselor for NISD. She had worked for the district for over 50 years. view article

According to Huntsville police, the first arrest was made on March 19. Officials said Demondrae Murray, a teacher at Mance Park Middle School, was picked up during a prostitution/human trafficking operation in Huntsville on March 19. view article

The Killeen ISD Board of Trustees will meet to consider the proposed termination of the principal of Roy J. Smith Middle School following a deadly stabbing at the school in March. Principal Fredrick Lilly II and another administrative staff members from Roy J. Smith Middle School have been on administrative leave pending the internal investigation by KISD. view article

Tyler ISD Police Department arrested three employees on Friday. They are each charged with injury to a child, elderly or disabled individual, according to jail records. The district shared a statement with KLTV regarding the arrests of the women, who they confirmed are no longer district employees. We are aware three former district employees have been arrested following an investigation into allegations of Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual. view article

A far north Fort Worth homeowners association has asked a judge to remove the five Keller school board members who planned to split the district. In a petition filed March 27, the Heritage Legal Task Force, representing the Heritage Homeowners Association, requested the removal of board President Charles Randklev and members Heather Washington, John Birt, Chris Coker, and Micah Young for “incompetency and official misconduct.” Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article302956804.html#storylink=cpy view article

Jurors heard opening statements in the trial against a former Houston ISD executive and landscaping contractor on Tuesday. Brian Busby, the former Chief Operating Officer at HISD, and Anthony Hutchison, a landscaping contractor for the district, are on trial together in federal court. view article

Members of a local electrical workers union and Corpus Christi ISD legal counsel disagreed on the union's lawsuit against the school district during a Monday evening school board meeting. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 278 alleges that Corpus Christi Independent School District has not properly determined wage rates. The union, along with 16 local construction workers, began the lawsuit in 2023. view article

The Brenham school district confirms it is looking into allegations that a teacher injured a student in a classroom this week. The alleged incident took place on Monday at the middle school, according to family members of the student involved. “We can confirm that the matter is being reviewed by our Human Resources Department in accordance with district policy and state law,” said Brooke Trahan, Chief Communications & Engagement Officer for Brenham ISD. view article

Throughout her son's life, Carissa Cornelius has been her 10-year-old’s voice. "He has autism and he's non-verbal,” said Cornelius. But there’s never been a time that she needed the persistence or volume used since she said she first saw a video of what law enforcement is calling an assault in his special education classroom at Millsap Elementary School back in February. view article

Millsap ISD Superintendent Mari "Edie" Martin, Special Education Teacher Jennifer Dale and Paraprofessional Paxton Bean have all been arrested on charges connected to a viral video showing an autistic 10-year-old being abused. view article

A 6-month-long investigation into a former Boyd ISD teacher allegedly involved in a relationship with a high school student has resulted in an arrest. Stephanie Lynn McGilvray, 30, of Poolville was arrested Thursday morning and charged with one count of Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student. She was booked into the Parker County Jail, and then was transported to the Wise County Jail by Boyd Police Department officers later that day. view article

The Millsap ISD superintendent and two former faculty members were arrested after a video surfaced showing educators allegedly abusing an autistic child in a classroom. Superintendent Edie Martin, 44-year-old Jennifer Dale and 25-year-old Paxton Kendal Bean were arrested Thursday. Martin and Bean have since bonded out of jail. Dale is currently in the Palo County Jail and being held on a $2,500 bond. view article

A former Valentine ISD employee was sentenced in a federal court in Pecos to 27 months in prison for wire fraud and theft concerning programs receiving federal funds. Below is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas: view article

The Bryan Police Department and Bryan Independent School District (Bryan ISD) have confirmed to KBTX that an investigation is underway into a reported assault that occurred on a school bus Monday afternoon. Due to the ages of those involved, authorities have refrained from releasing specific details of the incident. However, the mother of the alleged victim, Teresa Cisneros, has been outspoken on social media, calling for the individuals responsible to face the fullest extent of punishment. view article

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Coppell school officials for teaching "critical race theory" in response to an edited video by a conservative activist that appears to show a school administrator discussing how to circumvent state education standards. In the video, a person identified as the district's director of curriculum and instruction is seen talking about how Coppell had “gotten around” prohibitions on the use of so-called CRT in state policies and curricula, “by saying, 'we’re not teaching that.'” view article

Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell ISD accusing administrators of encouraging staff to continue teaching critical race theory (CRT), the Texas Attorney General's office announced Wednesday. According to the Attorney General's Office, a recently published video showed Evan Whitfield, director of curriculum and instruction for Coppell ISD, discussing how the district has maneuvered the change in instruction. view article

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued leaders of the Coppell Independent School District for allegedly flouting state restrictions on teaching “critical race theory” in public schools, based on an undercover video published by a conservative activist group. In the lawsuit filed last week in Dallas County, Paxton’s office accused Coppell ISD administrators of violating a state law that, among other prescriptions, prohibits schools from teaching that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another” or requiring students to understand the New York Times’ 1619 Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning report that examined U.S. history from the date when enslaved people first arrived to America. view article

The former Houston Independent School District chief operating officer accused in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme wrote on a yellow legal pad Wednesday morning in federal court as his attorneys argued with prosecutors about what evidence should be admitted in his upcoming trial. Jury selection for the case against former HISD COO Brian Busby and his alleged co-conspirator, Anthony Hutchinson, is set to begin on Monday. view article

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell ISD, accusing them of illegally teaching critical race theory (CRT). The Attorney General's Office said the lawsuit was filed after a video was published reportedly showing Coppell ISD's Director of Curriculum and Instruction talking about how the district had "gotten around" state prohibitions against the use of CRT "by saying we're not teaching [CRT]." view article

A 60-year-old Ropes ISD employee was arrested last week after reportedly admitting to sending inappropriate text messages to a 14-year-old girl he was tutoring to play the saxophone. Scott Strobel was booked March 14 into the Lubbock County Detention Center on a count of child grooming. view article

During a Crime Stoppers news conference Tuesday, we learned a 16-year-old Spring Branch Independent School District student was attempting to make explosives last month. Spring Branch ISD Police Chief Larry Baimbridge said on Feb. 27, Spring Branch ISD High School received a tip from Crime Stoppers regarding a student who was attempting to make explosives. Officers immediately located the student, took him out of class and interviewed him. view article