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If the bill becomes law, Texas will join at least five other states that have passed such legislation.

The school district superintendent is apologizing, saying "the comments made were in no way to convey that the Holocaust was anything less than a terrible event in history."

The bill requiring Texas public school athletes to participate only on sports teams that align with their sex assigned at birth appears poised to become law.

Classes resumed Tuesday at a Texas high school for the first time since a classroom shooting last week that wounded a teacher and student.

The East Austin school started the year with 14 open positions, including principal. It's also dealing with renovations and the departure of LASA. Students and staff describe the situation as "chaotic."

The Republican-dominated, 15-member board determines what millions of public school students in the state are taught in classrooms.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have long threatened to sue school districts that defy Abbott’s ban on local mask mandates. On Friday, Paxton made good on that threat.

Conservative lawmakers denounce critical race theory and say it facilitates racism. Some teachers say it actually informs their efforts to counter racism in the curriculum and classroom, even though they don't teach it directly to students.

Administrators tore out a two-page timeline depicting recent events, including the police killing of George Floyd, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Jan. 6 insurrection. They cited "community backlash."

One North Texas school marked the return of in-person classes by getting students outside the classroom to learn more about science and technology.

This is a reversal of the Texas Education Agency’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact with the virus.

Gov. Greg Abbott — who announced Tuesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated — has been fighting with local governments over masks for months.