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A Texas high school teacher faces up to 40 years in prison now that a jury convicted her on two counts of sexual misconduct for having a relationship with a female student that allegedly began with a classroom kiss.

A 75-year-old substitute teacher in Texas was arrested Wednesday following an investigation over accusations he sexually abused the 11-year-old girl he tutored.

A former North Texas school district administrator who admitted to falsifying documents and receiving kickbacks in an H-1B teacher recruitment scheme was sentenced Monday to spend two years in federal prison and repay the school district more than $300,000 in restitution.

The principal of a Texas border high school, reprimanded for her alleged role in a pervasive test cheating scandal, was promoted to oversee the school district’s curriculum and instruction.

A Texas school district apologized this week for altering a photo of a high school homecoming queen posted on its website.

One West Texas mother voiced concerns this week over her elementary school’s use of corporal punishment, questioning if an assistant principal went too far when reprimanding her son who, allegedly, came home with sizable bruises.

Police in North Texas took into custody an eighth grade female student for allegedly bringing marijuana-spiked chocolate chip cookies to school. On Tuesday, they charged her with a felony for the possession of a controlled substance.

A Texas middle school abruptly dropped its mascot, “Rebel,” and did so without any formal discussion with parents or taxpayers. They said their decision stemmed from community “concerns” surrounding the national conversation on Confederate iconography in the public forum.

A trustee for the Dallas Independent School District signaled that more school names may be on the chopping block. This follows the school board’s vote last week to approve re-branding four elementary schools named for Confederate-linked historical figures. However, a latest pair of namesakes have no ties to the Confederacy.

One Texas school district not only supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), its school board urged Congress to continue the Obama-era executive amnesty program which the Trump Administration plans to phase out within six months.

The parents at one Texas high school received some unsettling news on Monday — their former principal hired a band director with a criminal record of lewd conduct, indecency, and the sexual assault of a child.

For the ninth consecutive year, the number of Texas teachers accused of sexual misconduct with students skyrocketed, this time to an all-time high of 302. This reflects a 36 percent increase for the 2016-17 school year.

A North Texas special education teacher at an all-boys middle school was indicted by a Dallas grand jury on Wednesday following allegations she inappropriately hooked up with an eighth grade male student, exchanged sexually explicit text messages, solicited sex, and kissed the boy.

The deterrent law cracking down on Texas teachers who engage in sexual misconduct with students went into effect on September 1. The law, which also addresses other inappropriate relationships with minors takes effect amid record numbers of cases under investigation

A Texas high school cited “student safety” concerns as the reason for shedding its nearly 60-year-old Confederate namesake, General Robert E. Lee. This marks the second time in a week that public education officials in the Lone Star State used the rationale to strip a slice of history from a campus.

A Texas drama teacher convicted for exchanging nude photos and videos online with a 13-year-old Michigan boy received 20 years in prison last week on a federal child porn charge.

Children across Texas are heading back to school but two boys, in different parts of the state, got sent home because their flowing tresses violated grooming policies for males. Their parents are up in arms, claiming “discrimination” and “sexism.”

A former Dallas school leader, who is black, spoke out this week to defend the city’s historical Confederate monuments and statues amid a national push to remove all reminders after violence erupted at a Charlottesville, Virginia, rally on Saturday.

The superintendent of a Texas school district blamed an “underground culture” for the high school hazing scandal that ripped apart the fabric of a suburban San Antonio community during the 2016-17 academic year.

A University of Texas male student filed a lawsuit Monday with the U.S. District Court in Austin alleging he was unfairly suspended by President Greg Fenves who overturned an arbitrator’s determination which exonerated the student in a 2016 sexual assault case.

Despite the efforts of round-the-clock environmental experts and clean-up crews, one mold-infested Texas high school says it will not be ready to reopen for fall classes in late August.

A Texas teacher about to stand trial on two counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 17 stunned jurors by reportedly admitting to the charges before the trial began this week. He decided to let the court decide his fate. His alleged victim, a teenage girl, testified against him.

The Texas Senate passed a school choice funding bill for special needs students early Wednesday morning following a marathon session that covered a slew of legislation.

State Representative Andrew Murr (R-Kerrville) filed a bill Monday that, if passed, would change how Texas funds public education. The legislation seeks to alleviate skyrocketing property tax burdens homeowners shoulder by replacing the so-called “Robin Hood” school financing law with a general sales tax to cover these costs.

School may be out for summer but allegations, arrests, and even indictments of Texas teachers continue over purported dalliances with underage students.

A prominent group of Houston pastors blasted the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District for his idea to add LGBTQ studies to existing U.S. history curriculum.

The Texas teacher who allegedly doled out the questionable “most likely to become a terrorist” mock award to a seventh grade student no longer works for the school district, say officials.

The fallout continues in a Texas border school district where officials recently reprimanded three more administrators and two former employees for their alleged roles in a seven-year standardized test cheating scandal.

A former teacher in west Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday before a federal judge on child porn charges.

A number of Texas middle school teachers landed in hot water after naming a student “most likely to become a terrorist” in a mock awards ceremony held on Tuesday.

The standstill on Texas school choice funding and public school financing came to a head in Austin late Wednesday when House Education Committee Chair Dan Huberty (R-Kingwood) made good on his promise to kill school choice, also knocking off public school financing since both were packed into the same piece of legislation, House Bill 21.

In central Texas, authorities arrested a former assistant principal Monday for allegedly choking a 10-year-old boy at a roller staking rink.

A former north Texas school district administrator pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, admitting to his role in an H-1B teacher recruitment scheme for which he falsified documents and received kickbacks, also impacting the lives of hundreds of foreign teachers who believed they were working legally in the United States.

A pared-down version of the transgender “bathroom bill” passed in the Texas House Sunday by a vote of 91-50.

The Texas House voted 130-to-11 Friday to pass Senate Bill 179, legislation intended to prevent online harassment and punish cyberbullies in public schools.

Last week, the Texas House approved a bill that would require public school students to pass a U.S. citizenship test as a high school graduation requirement. It would also eliminate the state’s current U.S. history year-end exam.