Jolene Sanders thought a private school could give her son with autism the kind of specialized attention he needed. So she searched for a good school with a good program. “Well, it doesn’t exist,” she ...

State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) speaking on SB 38 before the Senate State Affairs Committee, March 24, 2025. Expanded protections and support for virtual education programs across Texas has ...

The outside of the Keller ISD Education Center in Keller on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Chris Torres [email protected] A bill introduced in the Texas House of Representatives on March 10 aims to ...

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Texas has ended its decades-long policy of extending in-state tuition to students without legal status. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday the state had filed a joint motion with the U.S.

Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is seeking to eliminate the Texas Education Agency, responsible for overseeing public ...

The bill would cut subjects concerning inequality from the Texas Education Code. Some lessons on the civil rights movement, white supremacy, the women's suffrage movement and Martin Luther King Jr.

Senate Bill 17 (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) was signed into law by the Governor in June 2023. The law created a new section 51.3525 of the Texas Education Code and went into effect on January 1, ...

Bastrop ISD is asking the Texas Education Agency for an extension on new requirements for teacher certification in coming school years, after new legislation mandated districts begin phasing out ...

A slate of education "parental rights" bills have passed or are awaiting votes in the Texas Senate. A bill reiterating parental rights to children’s school records passed the Senate this week, one of ...

A judge ruled Thursday that the Texas Education Agency can release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings for the state's public school districts, overturning a previous injunction issued in ...

The Texas Education Agency has placed the University of North Texas’ educator preparation program on probation for the second consecutive year. According to the TEA’s accountability system for ...