Texas education

The White House is expected to unveil a budget proposal that will, reportedly, aim to eliminate Head Start. The federally-funded program is designed to promote school readiness among young children from low-income families and serves more than 65,000 kids across Texas.

Senate Bill 2 would create an education savings account program and has been Abbott's top priority.

The Texas Education Agency won a year-and-a-half long civil case that argued ratings wouldn't fairly represent districts' performance.

After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House gave initial approval to a bill to create an Education Savings Account plan. The school voucher program would allow parents to use public funds towards private school costs.

Some Texas legislators may be done questioning the merits of education savings accounts as it moves to a vote in the State House, but voters aren't. Model programs in other states are showing rural voters could stand to lose the most, and they're preparing to do the math on election day.

The Texas Department of State Health Services on Tuesday confirmed 24 more cases of measles since last Friday.

A Texas start-up says for districts still unable to put the legally mandated armed guard in every school, its drones could be an option.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

A judge blocked the release of the state’s 2023 school ratings after a lawsuit from more than 120 Texas school districts.

A series of Senate bills would solidify and sometimes broaden parental rights in their children’s education.