New Commissioner rules effective August 26, 2018, impact how school districts are required to handle unauthorized persons on campus. In 2017, the Texas Legislature amended Texas Education Code § 37.105 […]
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In late August, Texas Education Agency officials tapped Justin Porter, formerly the TEA’s executive director of special populations, to serve as the agency’s new statewide director of special education. Porter
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The below is reprinted from Slate.com. Student activism is back in America’s schools. Young people mobilizing around gun safety and social-justice issues are heading back to school. We talk to
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When T.R. was a baby, he sustained massive brain damage from a tainted vaccine. Over a decade later, his guardian and trustee sued Keller Independent School District, where he was
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Last week, a federal court upheld the Texas Campus Carry law, which allows professors to carry concealed weapons onto college campuses. The ruling was the latest update in a lawsuit
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The high school physical science teacher also served as a lunchroom supervisor, and in that role tried to maintain order and discourage student fights. While the school district generally instructed
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In Shackelford v. Bonham Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 4:18-CV-00035 (E.D. Tex. July 31, 2018), a federal court dismissed a breach of contract action filed by a former employee of Bonham
We’re so pleased to share this fantastic new music video for the song “One Minute” by Mark Medley, which features our Restorative Practices trainers from NEDRP. This song is a
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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Fort Worth Independent School District superintendent and board president, addressing parent complaints that they have been denied access
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a School and Firearm Safety Action Plan following three days of roundtable meetings at the State Capitol last week. The report comes on the
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