Due to winter weather, many Central Texas school districts have decided to close campuses on Tuesday, January 21.

Charter company Third Future Schools applied for a turnaround agreement for Manor Middle School, which has several consecutive years of failing grades

AUSTIN, Texas - The first hearing on a new school voucher plan is now set for Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Texas Capitol. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said he would fast track the controversial legislation and on Friday morning, in the State Senate, SB 2 was referred to the Senate Education K-16 Committee .

"The die has been cast. That fact is it's gonna pass," Sen. Royce West said during a Tuesday committee hearing. "The question is how you make it a better bill?"

Opening this fall in Arizona, Unbound Academy will use AI to condense core academic lessons to two hours a day, followed by workshops, mentorship sessions and student-led projects, per the school’s charter application.

The Texas House and Senate are both seeking $1 billion for school choice this year, according to budget proposals shared Wednesday.

The education savings account package is the first bill to be sent to the Senate floor this year, reflecting urgency from Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to pass the legislation after similar proposals died during the 2023 legislative session.

The $250,000 settlement comes after the school's founder was accused of paying foreign-born workers low wages and threatening them with deportation.

A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night, giving voucher supporters like Gov. Greg Abbott their first major win of the legislative session.

Republican lawmakers in North Texas introduced bills requiring public schools to allow students and staff to pray and display the Ten Commandments.

On Wednesday, the Office of the Attorney General said an Austin-based Spanish immersion preschool would settle in a labor trafficking lawsuit.

Vouchers would let parents use public funds to pay for their kids’ private education. Learn about how they could work and the political battle around them.