Granbury ISD is under a federal Title IX investigation for sex discrimination because of the books it has removed from school libraries.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman found that the loan program violates the separation of powers and is therefore unlawful.
The same lawmaker authored and passed the "Save Girl's Sport Act" that prohibits biological males from participating in 7th to 12th grade girls' sports.
Some Republicans in the Texas House wrote a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education opposing the new interpretation of Title IX.
The government will use a post-September 11 law to forgive student loan forgiveness on the basis of addressing a national emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Republican delegates jeered Sen. John Cornyn in Houston last week as he worked on legislation with Democrats to reform U.S. gun laws.
The legislation would cancel $25,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower, costing taxpayers an estimated $742 billion.
The Justice Department recently devoted new attention to school board drama over masks and CRT, a trend the NSBA likened to terrorism.
The U.S. Department of Education is probing the possibility that the governor's mask mandate ban discriminates against disabled children.
Social services, new technology, and staff expenses are all vying for top spots in the state's biggest local school budgets.
Texas high schoolers rose modestly in English and fell sharply elsewhere. Federal data shows 8th graders struggled even before the pandemic.
All three ESSER packages are now available, together totaling $17 billion in federal dollars for Texas schools alone.
