AUSTIN, Texas – October 5, 2020 – The Texas Education Agency today announced the next set of instructional materials – covering K-12 English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR), K-5 Spanish Language Arts and Reading (SLAR), and K-5 Science – that will be made available to school systems through the Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL 3.0) initiative. Like other THL 3.0 offerings, these instructional materials are optional, digitized, customized for Texas, and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what students should know and be able to do. 

To be eligible for full funding, school districts must offer in-person instruction to families that desire it

All campuses nominated by TEA in February were awarded this prestigious designation

AUSTIN, Tex. – September 24, 2020 -- The United States Department of Education (USDE) announced today that 26 Texas Public Schools received 2020 national Blue Ribbon honors. 

Reported cases represent less than half-a-percent of students who have returned to campus

Next phase of Texas Home Learning 3.0 will reach millions of Texas public school students

26 Texas School Districts will generate nearly $40 million dollars in additional funding

AUSTIN, Texas — August 25, 2020 — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today announced the first 26 districts approved for a Local Designation System as part of the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). 

“The Texas Education Agency (TEA) in collaboration with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) today announced a new tracking system to monitor and report confirmed COVID-19 cases in public schools across Texas. School systems report COVID-19 cases to DSHS, and DSHS will publicly report data on COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in schools starting in September. 
 

AUSTIN – Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath today advised members of the State Board of Education of his decision to grant eight Generation Twenty-Five charters. Eight Generation Twenty-Five charter school applicants successfully completed a final step of the state’s charter application process allowing them to begin operation in Texas for the 2021-22 school year once any contingencies are met. The eight are: 

This new offering will save school systems up to $40M, and reduce total taxpayer cost up to $22M 

“Over the past month, TEA announced a funding waiver framework that fully funds schools for remote instruction for the entire year for any family that requests remote instruction. To generate funding for remote instruction, school systems must also provide daily on-campus instruction for families that want to come on campus, with several critical exceptions designed to maximize the health of students, teachers, and staff: