The ruling marks an endpoint for a portion of the lawsuit, but remands another portion back to a lower court for further review.
The State Board of Education has only rejected most charter applicants on the agenda once before, at last year's meeting.
All three of the losing candidates in the May 24 Democratic runoffs were endorsed by the AFT, a prominent teachers' union.
The Democratic nomination of a GOP donor sets up a competitive race for a district Republicans hope to swing.
Critical race theory may have been a driving issue in Republican primaries, featuring in the races for both incumbents that lost on March 1.
The proposed map for the Texas State Board of Education would boost Republican support in three districts while bolstering Democratic support in another.
The State Board of Education has never rejected a majority of charter school applicants before. The meeting's narrowest vote was bipartisan.
The list of candidates for each Senate race has largely taken shape — here's a look at who's running in each district as primary elections loom.
