Foster Care Summit 2023

May 31, 2023 - TEA is thrilled to announce TEA's first-ever Foster Care Summit developed in collaboration with Texas Department of Family and Protective Service and Supreme Court of Texas Children's Commission. The summit will be held in Houston, TX on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Updates

May 31, 2023 - Federal Student Aid (FSA) is changing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2024-25 academic year. The start date for the 2024-25 FAFSA will be delayed due to the complexity of simplifying the FAFSA. The 2024-25 FAFSA will become available in December 2023 instead of October 1, 2023. The application will be pared down to just 36 questions instead of 108. For more information, please visit Federal Student Aid.

Texas Parents Now Have New Rights to Better Support Their Children’s Learning

SB 1697 allows parents to elect for their child to restart kindergarten or repeat a course or grade

DSHS, TEA Launch Webpage with COVID-19 Case Data Reported by Texas Public Schools

Reported cases represent less than half-a-percent of students who have returned to campus

TEA Announces Additional Reopening Guidance, Including Local Option for an Online-Only Start to the 2020-21 School Year

July 17, 2020 Austin, Texas – Last week, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released public health planning guidance for the 2020-21 academic year in order to well prepare students, teachers, and staff to safely return to school campuses for daily, in-person instruction.

TEA Helps Solve a Critical COVID-19 Special Education Distance Learning Challenge

New tool for districts provides tele-therapy services for at-home learning, with the support of speech language pathologists

TEA Announces Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony Guidance for Texas Schools

In-person graduation ceremonies can take place as early as May 15

May 5, 2020 Austin – Texas continues the reopening of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While school buildings remain closed to normal in-classroom instruction for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year, schools across the state are seeking to provide graduation ceremonies so they can properly celebrate the Class of 2020.

Texas Students Achieve Gains On 2019 STAAR Test

June 20, 2019 Austin - The Texas Education Agency (TEA) June 14, 2019 released results for the 2019 spring administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test. Results for high school end of course assessments were particularly strong, with gains in all subjects compared to 2018.

TEA Encourages Parents To “Log On, Learn More”

STAAR Scores, Tools For Continued Learning Now Available In English And Spanish

Statewide Birth-Five Needs Assessment Survey

March 25, 2019 Austin, Texas – Commissioner of Education Mike Morath announced today that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Early Learning Council are conducting a statewide birth-five needs assessment to better understand the needs of those accessing, providing, and supporting early childhood programs and services for children ages birth to five.

As part of this needs assessment, the Council is conducting a statewide survey from March 25 through April 5, 2019.

The survey is intended for:

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