Texas Education Agency

School districts are not required to adopt the agency’s recommendations but can use them as guidance as they develop new procedures or alter their policies for selecting or removing library books.

In Texas, schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled and the daily attendance on campus.

Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the The Texas Education Agency Monday, directing it to set up a task force of experts and stakeholders to work on solutions to ending an ongoing shortage of public school teachers.

It’s unclear why the governor tasked the state's education agency, which does not employ law enforcement officers, to perform the investigation.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state's association of school boards to review and remove any school library books with "pornography or other inappropriate content." It's part of a larger trend.

Republican Matt Krause is asking schools for an accounting of any book that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress."

The U.S. Department of Education announced the inquiry days after the Texas Education Agency quietly updated its guidance to say school districts can’t require masks.

This is a reversal of the Texas Education Agency’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact with the virus.

In a letter to the school community, Board President Al Lopez announced the departure of CEO JoAnn Gama and COO Irma Muñoz after an in-depth legal and forensic review into the network’s finances.

It’s unclear why the state took so long to distribute funds approved in late 2020. The money will go toward helping tackle students’ “tremendous learning loss” during the pandemic.