Bill Zeeble

The new Texas Senate Bill 546 requires three-point seat belts on school buses by September 2029. But in less than two months, every Texas school board must report - to the Texas Education Agency - costs needed to comply with the law. For some districts, it could be in the millions.

Texas families have until midnight Tuesday to apply for newly created Texas Education Freedom Accounts, which use public funds to pay for private schooling.

Hundreds of Dallas students walked out of Townview magnet school Tuesday morning to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions here and nationwide. It came weeks after the state warned there could be consequences for schools if students hold walkouts.

The Texas Education Agency has named former Assistant Attorney General Levi Fuller as the state's first Inspector General of Educator Misconduct – this as Texas toughens education policies.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.

The Select Committees on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education were formed days after Kirk's assassination on a Utah college campus. Members assembled Thursday in Austin for their first meeting to assess state free speech laws.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint to stop Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, saying the state's education code conflicts with federal immigration law.

If the U.S. Department of Education closes, it's unclear how much money Texas could lose — or how the state might handle a shut-down

Senate Bill 1262 would allow the Texas Education Agency to commission peace officers to help districts with security planning and aid in an emergency, when needed. It also requires districts still seeking a required armed officer to ask for a waiver annually.

An Equality Texas study shows many LGBTQ+ students have considered leaving their schools — and the state entirely —since Senate Bill 17 went into effect last year.