Lawmakers also approved new teacher raises, banned DEI initiatives and gave schools more flexibility to discipline students.

Senate Bill 12 would ban teaching gender identity and sexual orientation, while requiring parents to opt their children into sex education.

The 2025-26 academic year is a week underway in Texas schools, but parents and students are still adapting to new laws passed ...

News Texas laws impacting students in 2025 include a ban on cell phones, the Ten Commandments in classrooms, a personal ...

In May, the Texas House approved legislation requiring schools to post a 16-by-20-inch (41-by-51-centimeter) poster or framed copy of a specific English version of the commandments in every classroom.

Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban The long-awaited vote survived objections from the panel’s most right-leaning Republicans ...

DALLAS — When Texas public school students return for classes this fall, their clubs and classrooms will be subject to a new DEI ban. Senate Bill 12 — signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott ...

Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban by: Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune Posted: Jun 30, 2025 / 06:14 AM CDT ...

DALLAS — When Texas public school students return for classes this fall, their clubs and classrooms will be subject to a new DEI ban. Senate Bill 12 — signed into ...

Lawyers from the state attorney general’s office and the Texas Education Agency did not say during a board meeting on Thursday whether they believe the current version of the course violates ...

The Texas State Board of Education on Friday renewed an elective course that teaches high school students about the history and cultures of Indigenous peoples, overcoming criticism from some ...