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Keller ISD could close four schools next year to save money. The district is facing tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue due to continued enrollment declines.

A day after U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered an extension of the application deadline for families, and required the plaintiff schools be given the chance to apply, the schools' applications were accepted by the Texas comptroller’s office.

The application period, set to close Tuesday night, must now remain open until March 31, according to an attorney representing Islamic schools.

At the end of this semester, Dove and Bransford elementary schools will close, despite parents' and students' urging to keep them open.

The lieutenant governor also doubled down on his stance that property taxes can’t be totally eliminated, putting him at odds with Gov. Greg Abbott.

Millions of dollars in debt with declining enrollment over several years, GCISD leaders are set to vote Wednesday night whether to close Bransford and Dove elementary schools to save money, despite complaints from parents.

Frisco ISD’s enrollment soared by the thousands yearly. Now the rise has stopped, and the student population’s even falling, like in many North Texas districts.

Mansfield ISD this week began taking applications for out-of-district students. It joins other districts like Grand Prairie and Frisco competing for nearby students — and the funding that comes with them.

More than half of new Texas classroom teachers who joined the profession last year lacked certification. Education leaders say that's hurting students and district budgets.

Even with Texas lawmakers’ $8.5 billion budget boost for education, Dallas ISD is still operating at a budget deficit, trustee Ben Mackey told a forum Thursday. He said the district has the reserves to manage it well — but that may not last.

A gift from “proud members of the TCU community” will cover spring semester tuition for 2026 medical school grads of the Fort Worth college.

Trustees in the northwest Fort Worth school district approved a $286.5 million budget and maintained its property tax rate.