A North Texas school district that wrongfully kept a challenger off the May 7 ballot must now hold a special election to fill a school board seat. The Second Court of Appeals ruled last week that Burleson Independent School District violated the law when it rejected...
A Texas public school district under investigation for telling employees they were “expected” to vote “for” a billion-dollar bond now says a likely illegal electioneering message was a “miscommunication.” Northside Independent School District was forced to respond...
Across North Texas, school board candidates backed by powerful parent movements won big in Saturday’s local elections, knocking out incumbents and district insiders. In almost every race where parents stepped up to run, voters chose candidates who were outside the...
Controversies over sexually explicit books in public school libraries are heating up hundreds of school board races in districts across Texas ahead of Saturday’s local elections. Keller Independent School District is one of the districts where debates about...
UDATED April 29 to include a link to local districts’ academic performance reports. Dozens of school districts across Texas are asking voters to approve big bond packages that will impose significant new burdens onto local property taxpayers. Yet many claim the...
