Carroll ISD

Months after passing sweeping changes to its reappraisal plan, the Tarrant Appraisal District board will meet March 12 to discuss whether some of those changes should be walked back. The meeting follows outcry from school district leaders who say the policies could lead to funding cuts.

Carroll ISD last year sued the DOE over the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX that would’ve added gender identity to the definition of “sex” to protect against discrimination. In Wednesday's ruling, the judge reiterated the change “endangers students and has no basis in reality.”

The lawsuit claims a breach of contract cost former superintendent David Faltys a lower retirement benefit buyout.

The Legal Defense Fund and law firm Arnold & Porter are urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to release findings from a years-long investigation into civil rights complaints in the Carroll Independent School District.

The district hasn’t splurged on a new fleet of buses or taken on risky debt. It hasn’t seen an unprecedented surge of new students or hired a large group of new employees. Instead, Azle ISD, recognized by the state for its fiscal accountability, is facing a possible budgetary crisis that cropped up seemingly overnight.

Carroll ISD trustees discussed a marshal program Monday as the district struggles to meet the state's requirement of equipping school campuses with an armed officer.

The school year’s barely begun but security violations have already threatened students in the Dallas and Carroll school districts. Officials say no one was harmed thanks to vigilant students and school leaders.

After Carroll ISD declared an impasse in negotiations over trying to settle discrimination claims, a parent said the district wasn’t taking responsibility for failing to keep students safe.

Carroll ISD leaders have declared an impasse in negotiations with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has been investigating allegations of civil rights violations in the district.

Carroll ISD sued the federal government to block the Biden administration's rule on Title IX, saying it would hurt girls and women — the opposite of the statute's intent. On Thursday, a federal judge agreed, temporarily blocking the change from taking effect.

The district says expanding protections to include gender identity will hurt the district, its staff and its students. The Department of Justice disagrees.

The Carroll school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to “proceed with litigation against all necessary parties related to proposed changes to Title 9 and their effect on Carroll ISD,”Carroll ISD joins Republican-led state's backlash over Biden’s Title IX change