Less than half of Texas school districts surveyed have required armed officer on every campus, TEA says
School officials from across Texas told lawmakers on Wednesday that they’re not receiving enough money from the state to comply with House Bill 3.
Officials respond to East Texas school threats
More than 10 threats have been made against East Texas schools since Sept. 3 and officials are letting students and parents know that they are taking the matter seriously. Several arrests have been made and people behind them are being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Four students in Hays, Del Valle districts arrested after threats made to schools
Two Del Valle and two Hays students were arrested Wednesday, adding to the recent rash of student arrests following threats made to local schools.
Arrest made after threats of violence forced metro-east schools to go on lockdown
East St. Louis Senior High School was one of several across St. Louis and the metro-east to be placed on lockdown after threats were made via social media. Superintendent Arthur Culver notified parents and staff at the high school and Mason-Clark Middle School that a person had been arrested on suspicion of making the threats.
East St. Louis, Cahokia high schools in lockdown after social media threats, district officials say
While threats such as these are becoming more frequent across the region and nation, and most are not credible, we take every threat seriously,” a District 189 statement says.
Two Hays County teens arrested, accused of making school threats
Two Hays County students have been arrested after they were accused of making threats against Johnson High School in Buda, officials say, the latest in a string of threats in the school district. A 14-year-old freshman and 15-year-old sophomore were arrested Wednesday for two separate threats,
East St. Louis Senior High School placed on lockdown following social media threats
East St. Louis Senior High School has been placed on lockdown after threats of violence were made via social media earlier on Wednesday.
19-year-old arrested for alleged threat made to East Texas school
A 19-year-old woman is facing terroristic threat charges after allegedly making a threat against a school. The Titus County Sheriff’s Office said the FBI notified them of a potential threat made against an educational institution by a person believed to reside in the county.
Texas education commissioner calls for student cellphone ban in schools
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Here's where Texas school district lawsuit to delay release of A-F school ratings stands
A Travis County judge issued an order Wednesday prohibiting the Texas education commissioner from releasing A-F school ...
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Texas blocked again from releasing school accountability ratings
The Texas Education Agency can't release A-F grades while a lawsuit brought be a handful of school districts moves forward.
This date in Texas history: Jerrod Heard sets a school record during a heartbreaking loss
On this date in Texas history, quarterback Jerrod Heard set a school record when he compiled 527 total yards of offense in a ...
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School Districts Say New State Data Reporting System Could Hurt Their Funding
School districts say the state's new data reporting system isn't ready and is jeopardizing their funding, and more than a ...
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Alumni of once-segregated Texas school mark its national park status
kicking up clouds of dirt along the school's barren grounds in Marfa, Texas. Moments earlier, teachers had handed out ...
Central Texas school district helps curb sports official shortage by offering officiating class to students
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1 Thing We're Talking About: A Monster opportunity for students at a Texas high school
Northern Tool + Equipment and Monster Jam are partnering to provide Bryan High School with an engine, tools and mentors to ...
Another North Texas school district could be closings schools to save money
In Coppell, district officials are facing resistance from students and parents who shared their concerns Wednesday night at a ...
NBC News investigation reveals Texas medical school leasing out body parts of unclaimed corpses
A Texas medical center has been studying and leasing out the body parts of unclaimed people without the consent of that ...
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UT-Austin tightens automatic admission threshold to 5% of Texas’ top high schoolers
The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate ...