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TEA received nearly three times as many requests to rescore open-ended responses on reading assessments this spring as it did the previous year.

The Senate Committee on Education met Oct. 6 for the first of two days of interim hearings on its interim charges from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). 

U.S. Department of Education rolls back Title IX regulations. Plus: Make sure you’re registered to vote before the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline.

At a joint budget hearing Tuesday, Commissioner of Education Mike Morath made a pitch for an additional $119 million to fund “Bluebonnet Implementation Supports.”

The reversion to 2020 regulations returns schools to the previous framework for addressing sex-based harassment, which affects not only LGBTQ students but also all students experiencing harassment, including pregnant students.

SBEC discusses the future of National Board Certification as a Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) designation. Plus, confirm your voter registration is up to date within the next 10 days.

Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.

In December, the board will vote on whether to remove National Board Certification as a potential pathway to Teacher Incentive Allotment designation—the only pathway available to many teachers. 

See what’s in store for the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival Sept. 24–26. Plus: Make sure you’re registered to vote by Oct. 5.