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https://www.europesays.com/news/27683/ Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment decline in about 40 years #Headlines #MikeMorath #News #population #SchoolFinance #TexasEducationAgency #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools #TopStories #WellAHomepage

https://www.europesays.com/news/14715/ Critics say new social studies curriculum is too Texas-centric #Curriculum #Headlines #History #News #PublicSchools #SocialStudies #StateBoardOfEducation #TexasEducation #TexasHistory #TexasPublicSchools #TexasSocialStudiesCurriculum #TexasStateBoardOfEducation #TopStories

The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, along with other civil rights groups, have filed a second lawsuit in federal court to stop more Texas public school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/22/531526/more-texas-school-districts-sued-over-display-of-ten-commandments-in-classrooms/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ConroeISD #FederalLawsuit #SenateBill10 #TenCommandments #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 12, a sprawling parental rights law that applies to K-12 schools, has created confusion about whether school employees must obtain prior consent for a range of health-related services.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/10/530575/houston-area-schools-navigating-new-texas-law-regarding-parental-consent-for-student-healthcare/

#Education #EducationNews #Healthcare #HISD #Houston #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonSchools #ParentalConsent #SchoolNurses #SenateBill12 #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

A new Texas law lets public schools set aside time for prayer in classrooms — and Attorney General Ken Paxton is urging them to do it.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529891/ag-ken-paxton-urges-texas-schools-to-allow-prayer-in-classrooms-under-new-law/

#Education #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #KenPaxton #TexasPolitics #TexasPublicSchools #TXLegislature

Conroe ISD plans to have Ten Commandments posters hanging in all its classrooms when students return after Labor Day weekend. District leaders initially said they would pause their rollout as they “await further guidance” from the courts.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/29/529729/conroe-isd-to-display-ten-commandments-after-initially-pausing-rollout-in-response-to-court-ruling/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Local #News #Religion #Texas #AttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #ConroeISD #SenateBill10 #TemporaryInjunction #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked 11 public school districts in Texas' largest metropolitan areas from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms as required by a new state law set to take effect Sept. 1.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/20/529066/11-texas-school-districts-temporarily-blocked-from-displaying-ten-commandments-federal-judge-rules/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #CyFairISD #FortBendISD #HoustonISD #TemporaryInjunction #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked 11 public school districts in Texas' largest metropolitan areas from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms as required by a new state law set to take effect Sept. 1.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/20/529066/11-texas-school-districts-temporarily-blocked-from-displaying-ten-commandments-federal-judge-rules/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #CyFairISD #FortBendISD #HoustonISD #TemporaryInjunction #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked 11 public school districts in Texas' largest metropolitan areas from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms as required by a new state law set to take effect Sept. 1.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/20/529066/11-texas-school-districts-temporarily-blocked-from-displaying-ten-commandments-federal-judge-rules/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #CyFairISD #FortBendISD #HoustonISD #TemporaryInjunction #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

While a new Texas law requiring the display of Ten Commandments posters in every public school classroom is being challenged in court, there's a widespread effort among Christian and conservative groups to donate posters to schools across the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/19/528990/the-drive-to-supply-texas-public-schools-with-ten-commandments-posters-includes-glenn-beck-among-many-others/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChristianNationalism #GlennBeck #RestoreAmericanSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

While a new Texas law requiring the display of Ten Commandments posters in every public school classroom is being challenged in court, there's a widespread effort among Christian and conservative groups to donate posters to schools across the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/19/528990/the-drive-to-supply-texas-public-schools-with-ten-commandments-posters-includes-glenn-beck-among-many-others/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChristianNationalism #GlennBeck #RestoreAmericanSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

While a new Texas law requiring the display of Ten Commandments posters in every public school classroom is being challenged in court, there's a widespread effort among Christian and conservative groups to donate posters to schools across the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/19/528990/the-drive-to-supply-texas-public-schools-with-ten-commandments-posters-includes-glenn-beck-among-many-others/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChristianNationalism #GlennBeck #RestoreAmericanSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

While a new Texas law requiring the display of Ten Commandments posters in every public school classroom is being challenged in court, there's a widespread effort among Christian and conservative groups to donate posters to schools across the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/19/528990/the-drive-to-supply-texas-public-schools-with-ten-commandments-posters-includes-glenn-beck-among-many-others/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChristianNationalism #GlennBeck #RestoreAmericanSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

While a new Texas law requiring the display of Ten Commandments posters in every public school classroom is being challenged in court, there's a widespread effort among Christian and conservative groups to donate posters to schools across the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/19/528990/the-drive-to-supply-texas-public-schools-with-ten-commandments-posters-includes-glenn-beck-among-many-others/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #ChristianNationalism #GlennBeck #RestoreAmericanSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to obtain.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/08/18/528846/vaccine-exemption-requests-in-texas-spike-in-july-as-some-experts-fear-more-families-will-opt-out/

#Education #EducationNews #HealthScience #News #Texas #HerdImmunity #HoustonISD #TexasDepartmentOfStateHealthServices #TexasMeaslesOutbreak #TexasPublicSchools #VaccineExemptions

A federal court in San Antonio heard arguments Friday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Texas law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms in the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/08/15/528799/federal-court-in-san-antonio-hears-legal-challenge-to-texas-ten-commandments-school-display-law/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #FirstAmendment #HoustonSchools #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice #TexasPublicSchools

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/14/528670/texas-school-districts-to-face-new-restrictions-on-dei-libraries/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #SchoolLibraries #SenateBill12 #SenateBill13 #TexasPublicSchools

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/14/528670/texas-school-districts-to-face-new-restrictions-on-dei-libraries/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #SchoolLibraries #SenateBill12 #SenateBill13 #TexasPublicSchools

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/14/528670/texas-school-districts-to-face-new-restrictions-on-dei-libraries/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #SchoolLibraries #SenateBill12 #SenateBill13 #TexasPublicSchools

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/14/528670/texas-school-districts-to-face-new-restrictions-on-dei-libraries/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #SchoolLibraries #SenateBill12 #SenateBill13 #TexasPublicSchools

As students across Texas head back to school, their districts are grappling with how to comply with new state laws. Senate Bill 12 restricts several DEI initiatives in public schools, while Senate Bill 13 introduces new library policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/14/528670/texas-school-districts-to-face-new-restrictions-on-dei-libraries/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #SchoolLibraries #SenateBill12 #SenateBill13 #TexasPublicSchools

As Texas schools face at least $600 million in federal funding cuts, multiple mental health programs, particularly those implemented in response to the pandemic and mass shootings, are at risk of losing funding.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/16/526497/mental-health-programs-could-bear-the-brunt-of-600m-federal-cuts-to-texas-schools/

#Education #EducationNews #HealthScience #Healthcare #Local #MedicineWellness #News #Politics #Texas #ChildrenSMentalHealth #FederalFundingCuts #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAmericaOfGreaterHouston #TexasPublicSchools #TexasSchoolFunding

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/10/526159/abbott-calls-for-lawmakers-to-replace-staar-test-as-part-of-special-session/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/10/526159/abbott-calls-for-lawmakers-to-replace-staar-test-as-part-of-special-session/

#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools

Four civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas to challenge the constitutionality of a new law requiring the display of an explicitly Protestant translation of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/07/02/525523/four-civil-liberties-organizations-sue-texas-over-ten-commandments-display-law/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #National #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandments #TexasPublicSchools

A coalition of civil liberties groups plans to challenge a new Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms. Some of the same groups notched a win in federal court last week against a similar Louisiana law.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/06/25/524864/civil-liberties-groups-prepare-to-sue-texas-over-ten-commandments-law/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #Louisiana #SchoolPrayer #TenCommandments #TexasPublicSchools #US5thCircuitCourtOfAppeals

Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/21/524614/new-texas-law-will-require-ten-commandments-to-be-posted-in-every-public-school-classroom/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #FirstAmendment #GovGregAbbott #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandments #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

The 89th Texas Legislature could be largely defined and remembered for its conservative push on education policies. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523118/a-historic-one-for-public-education-texans-reflect-on-what-the-89th-lege-means-for-schools/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #EducationSavingsAccount #EducationRelatedPolicies #GovernorGregAbbott #SchoolFunding #SchoolVoucherProgram #TexasPublicSchools

The 89th Texas Legislature could be largely defined and remembered for its conservative push on education policies. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523118/a-historic-one-for-public-education-texans-reflect-on-what-the-89th-lege-means-for-schools/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #EducationSavingsAccount #EducationRelatedPolicies #GovernorGregAbbott #SchoolFunding #SchoolVoucherProgram #TexasPublicSchools

The 89th Texas Legislature could be largely defined and remembered for its conservative push on education policies. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523118/a-historic-one-for-public-education-texans-reflect-on-what-the-89th-lege-means-for-schools/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #EducationSavingsAccount #EducationRelatedPolicies #GovernorGregAbbott #SchoolFunding #SchoolVoucherProgram #TexasPublicSchools

The 89th Texas Legislature could be largely defined and remembered for its conservative push on education policies. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523118/a-historic-one-for-public-education-texans-reflect-on-what-the-89th-lege-means-for-schools/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #EducationSavingsAccount #EducationRelatedPolicies #GovernorGregAbbott #SchoolFunding #SchoolVoucherProgram #TexasPublicSchools

A bill that would give Texas parents and school boards significant power over deciding what books are permitted in their kids' public school libraries is now awaiting a final nod from Gov. Greg Abbott.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/04/523137/texas-school-boards-could-remove-library-books-under-bill-on-governors-desk/

#BooksLibraries #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #BooksInSchools #GregAbbott #Libraries #SchoolBoards #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

A bill banning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work in Texas' K-12 schools is on its way to the governor's desk.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/03/523063/texas-bill-banning-dei-lgbtq-clubs-in-schools-heads-to-governor-for-signature/

#Education #EducationNews #LGBTQ #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #DiversityEquityAndInclusion #K12Education #Lgbt #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

Four civil liberties groups, which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms, say they'll file a lawsuit against Texas as soon as Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 10.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/05/30/522648/civil-liberties-groups-set-to-sue-texas-over-ten-commandments-bill/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #ACLUOfTexas #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #GovernorGregAbbott #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools

The Texas House approved a bill that would ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs in public K-12 schools.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/05/27/522289/texas-dei-ban-in-public-schools-approved-in-the-house/

#EducationNews #LGBTQ #News #Politics #Texas #DEIBan #DEIInTexas #DiversityEquityAndInclusion #TexasDEIBill #TexasLegislature #TexasPublicSchools

The Texas House on Sunday passed Senate Bill 10, a measure requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom in the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/05/25/522259/texas-house-passes-bill-requiring-display-of-the-ten-commandments-in-all-public-school-classrooms/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislature #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #TenCommandments #TexasPublicSchools

A bill to allow for periods of prayer or Bible readings in public and charter schools in Texas has cleared one of its last hurdles to becoming law. The bill passed its second reading in the Texas House on Thursday, and the final reading could come Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/05/22/522105/school-prayer-bible-reading-bill-authored-by-houston-area-senator-passes-texas-house/

#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #BibleInSchools #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #SchoolPrayer #TexasPublicSchools

Senate Bill 11, which had a Texas House hearing Wednesday but remains pending in committee, would allow trustees of public school districts and governing bodies of charter schools to approve voluntary school prayer meetings and Bible readings.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/05/08/520755/bill-allowing-school-prayer-presented-as-voluntary-but-constitutional-questions-remain/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #SupremeCourt #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #BibleInSchools #FirstAmendment #HouseCommitteeOnStateAffairs #SchoolPrayer #TexasPublicSchools

The Texas Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that would let teachers pray or engage in religious speech in public school classrooms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/04/02/517474/texas-senate-passes-bill-allowing-teachers-to-pray-engage-in-religious-speech-in-the-classroom/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #SupremeCourt #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SchoolPrayer #StateSenatorSarahEckhardt #StateSenatorTanParker #SupremeCourtDecision #TexasPublicSchools

The Aldine ISD school board voted Tuesday evening to close six more schools — for a total of nine in the past year — as the district grapples with a budget deficit and a decline in its student population.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/02/26/514881/aldine-isd-closes-6-more-schools-citing-budget-deficit-enrollment-decline/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #AldineISD #HoustonSchools #HoustonAreaSchoolClosures #TexasPublicSchools #TexasSchoolVouchers

Many Texas public school teachers are struggling financially. Recent data shows their annual salaries are nearly $8,000 less than the national average.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/12/01/471226/texas-teachers-are-struggling-financially-the-school-voucher-war-killed-a-salary-raise/

#Education #News #schoolvouchers #TexasEducation #Texaspublicschools #Texasschools