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Three Texas House members prefiled bills Nov. 9 that would set aside part of the state's surplus revenue every two years to cut school district property taxes, and would bar districts from ever again levying their main operating tax once the state had bought it down to zero.
Crystal City Independent School District failed the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) financial accountability rating for the second year in a row, and its score fell from 68 to 48, according to TEA's final 2025-26 ratings records.
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 $11.6 billion in requested principal debt.
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.
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced on April 2 that more than 274,000 students applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts during the program’s first year.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced on March 26 that Texas Tech University Chancellor Brandon Creighton and Texas A&M University Chancellor Glenn Hegar will co-headline a special keynote conversation during the Thursday, April 9 breakfast session of the 2026 Texas Policy Summit.