UT Regents Set To Approve Gun Rules
University of Texas System regents are expected Thursday to approve rules allowing concealed handguns in campus classrooms and buildings.
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University of Texas System regents are expected Thursday to approve rules allowing concealed handguns in campus classrooms and buildings.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the job of a superintendent is not social engineering but preparing students to succeed and says Dr. Kent Scribner should resign if he doesn't reverse course.
The bathroom battle has come back to North Texas and this time the FWISD is at the center of the controversy. Lt. Gov, Dan Patrick has called for the resignation of the Superintendent after he instituted a new transgender bathroom policy.
Patrick says, "After less than a year as superintendent, Dr. Scribner has lost his focus and thereby his ability to lead the Fort Worth ISD."
Governor says he hopes other states will join North Carolina in court as it fights the Justice Department's position that the Civil Rights Act requires that transgender people be allowed to access facilities matching their gender identities.
Several North Texas students were injured after a school bus in Parker County slid down an embankment and into a ditch.
Finals will continue today at Dallas Baptist University after an emotional night. Sunday students gathered on the campus to remember three classmates killed in a crash early Saturday morning.
Visible just after 7 a.m. on the east coast, the smallest planet will appear as a tiny black dot on the face of the sun, and the transit will last for about 7 1/2 hours
Bond package highlights include rebuilding of Cannon Elementary, replacing aging HVAC, expanding wireless network capacity, buying new buses to replace older high mileage vehicles and adding classrooms on some campuses.
Voters in McKinney ISD are approving a $220 million bond package with 63 percent support Saturday.
As Texas' massive school finance case awaits a state Supreme Court ruling, per-pupil funding is falling farther below the national average.
A group of students held a protest outside of Kimball High School in Dallas on Friday morning to call for better safety on their campus. Earlier this week, a student brought a pistol to school and accidentally shot himself.
Kevin Jacobson is accused of spending the money from a statewide teachers' association on lavish dinners, pricy car repairs and vacations.
The latest government snapshot of school crime paints a picture of safer schools, with declines in violent crime, bullying and harassment because of sexual orientation.
Racial slurs, sexual violence and a school shooter called a hero... All part of a movie script that freshman at a Carrollton high school are being assigned to read in a theater class.