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Texas school districts violated a law intended to add transparency to local elections

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In an effort to bring greater transparency to local elections, the Texas Legislature mandated that school districts, municipalities and other jurisdictions post campaign finance reports online rather than stow them away in filing cabinets. But many agencies appear to be violating the law

Texas lawmakers establish new school safety policies

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Texas lawmakers have mandated new school safety policies including armed guards at every public school campus, classroom panic buttons and more staff training.

Texas places state’s largest charter school network under conservatorship

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The state had been investigating IDEA Public Schools since 2021 and raised questions on its spending on things like a luxury driver and private jet.

Feds asked to overhaul school discipline at North Texas school district after students jailed

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Four civil rights groups filed a federal complaint on Tuesday accusing the municipal court and public school district of the northeast Texas town of Bonham of unfairly penalizing Black and disabled students for behavior complaints by pushing them out of schools and sometimes into the county jail.

An East Texas school district’s flagpole raises questions about America’s separation of church and state

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The LaPoynor school district frequently flies a Christian flag, but may not be running afoul of the Constitution because it says students are choosing to raise it.

Texas’ school ratings remain in limbo as the state and school districts fight over how strict the grading should be

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Dozens of school districts sued the Texas Education Agency last fall, claiming revisions to the state’s accountability system would hurt them.

Struggling to find teachers close to home, some Texas schools are looking overseas for help

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Public schools got little help from lawmakers this year to address the state’s chronic teacher shortage, so they’ve turned to other creative solutions—like leaning on cultural exchange programs to recruit international teachers.

A Texas high school is piloting the state’s first-ever Asian American studies course. Could politics stand in its way?

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The course highlights Asian Americans’ contributions in U.S. history. It also seeks to offer an honest look at the mistreatment, like the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Texas superintendents say lack of school safety funding may lead to budget cuts

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The fourth special legislative session this year ended without any increased funding for school safety—even though public schools have complained for months they don’t have enough money to meet new safety mandates approved this year.

After controversy, Texas school board says transgender student can sing in school musical

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After Max Hightower scored a role in the seminal American musical, administrators changed their policy on performers’ gender. After backlash, the school board directed the school to produce the original version “Oklahoma!” — not a youth version that cut Hightower’s solo.

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