Bridgeport ISD corrected its forms for withdrawing calling homeschooling “dangerous” after they were received by a family who shared them with others.
While enrollment in Texas public schools has dropped recently, the number of students withdrawing to homeschool is growing.
Carroll ISD voted 4-3 to decline the participation of local home school students in UIL events, citing concerns about academic performance and a possible influx of participants.
The opt-in system would enable districts to let unenrolled home-schoolers compete, a loosening of current UIL rules.
The "opt-in" system would give districts the chance to let home-schoolers compete in UIL activities. The vote was bipartisan.
By the time the TEA finalizes the data, this year could mark the first drop in Texas public school enrollment since measurement began.
State data and Texas Home School Coalition numbers show record-breaking home school withdrawals for this school year.
After a court dismissed the CPS case against Drake Pardo's parents, the Pardo family is now petitioning to have their name removed from the Child Abuse Registry.
Public opinion of reopening schools is divided, but the CDC supports it, noting that less than 0.1 percent of COVID-19-related deaths are among minors.
In a custody battle involving a father seeking to keep full custody of his daughter against the petition of her deceased mother's fiancé, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the father.
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in a custody battle involving a father seeking to keep full custody of his daughter against the petition of his deceased ex-wife's fiancé.
During the State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to pass Sen. Ted Cruz's Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunities Act, but the bill has divided some conservatives.
