TEA Suspends Connally ISD Board, Appoints New Leadership Following Campus Failures
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath suspended the elected board of trustees of Connally Independent School District (ISD) on May 6.
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath suspended the elected board of trustees of Connally Independent School District (ISD) on May 6.
Governor Greg Abbott released the "2026 Report to the People of Texas" on May 6, 2026, a biennial publication that summarizes the state's major accomplishments and outlines legislative and executive priorities for the year ahead.
In the center of the world's eighth-largest economy, a quiet but massive transformation is underway.
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) announced on April 30, 2026, the opening of applications for nearly $17 million in state grants designed to support short-term workforce education and training programs.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) awarded three Texas schools the inaugural My Texas Future School of Excellence award on April 29, 2026.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced on April 23, 2026, the appointment of a five-member Board of Managers and a new superintendent to assume oversight of Lake Worth Independent School District (LWISD).
On Tuesday, the state announced the first distribution of Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) funds, with awards going to more than 42,000 Texas families under a program administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Voters in nearly 60 Texas counties will decide on 109 individual school bond propositions in the May 2026 election cycle, totaling $11.
Texas 2036, a nonpartisan policy organization, released a three-part video series last week explaining the state's upcoming transition away from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam and toward a new through-year testing model, as Texas public schools simultaneously begin administering STAAR for the 2025-26 academic year.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government Reform & Oversight Coalition (GROC) released its first major research report on April 7 regarding the state’s school bond process and taxpayer burden.