Texas public schools reported no major coronavirus outbreaks and even a downtick in cases among school staff.
The $3.7 billion proposal is divided into five measures that combined make for the most expensive bond package in Texas history.
In tandem with the federal government's rural broadband expansion program, Texas legislators have advised Governor Abbott to facilitate the effort with state-crafted policies.
Some Texas universities have installed forms on their websites where students can report each other for noncompliance.
The board of trustees has lowered part of the property tax rate. Now, they're asking voters to increase the other portion.
LGBT activists call the sex education standards too narrow, while others fear the new plan could override abstinence-only parental teaching.
Five members of the board have been sued for violating the Texas Open Meetings Act by deliberating in text messages about a decision to accept the Cultural Competence Action Plan.
Despite the pandemic, two Tarrant County school districts will ask voters to approve tax rate increases above the new limit set by the legislature in 2019.
Texas public universities set aside over $45 million for diversity measures in the last fiscal year, with UT and A&M as top spenders and some minority-serving colleges competing at the bottom.
In light of months of depressed tax revenues and an estimated $4.6 billion deficit, the state is looking at cutting a tiny portion from its $250 billion biennium budget.
Concerns have been raised about text messages sent by school board President Michelle Moore regarding the controversial Cultural Competence Action Plan.
Some teachers at Georgetown high schools foresee damage wreaked by last minute resignations, including hasty hires and enlarged classes.
Wylie ISD removed an assignment featuring a depiction of a police officer tacitly compared to a Ku Klux Klan member after receiving a letter from the Fraternal Order of Police.
Some local school superintendents have rejected stringent Harris County guidelines for school openings requiring indefinite closure while waiting for medical "countermeasures" and contact tracing programs.
"My hope is that Cameron County will just simply respect the autonomy of this school," said special counsel for Laguna Madre.
Rebecca Bell-Metereau, a college professor and candidate for State Board of Education, wrote a film review book on cross-dressing and sexualization.
Harris County's judge issued new county-determined benchmarks for school openings, but other elected officials say Hidalgo is using incorrect metrics to justify restrictions.
While two of the nation's biggest college football conferences canceled their seasons, others want to move forward as planned.
The UNT College of Music is investigating claims of racism against a professor who defended a 20th-century Austrian music theorist in a journal published by the school.
Hesitant about the adoption process and the language in the proposal, trustees passed a modified motion to “receive” the plan without implementing it.
