Advocacy Blog

The school lunch program remains funded (for now). Plus: Election Day is Nov. 4, and ATPE and The Texas Tribune partner for TribFest Nov. 13–15 in Austin.

Some social media posts are mistakenly linking SNAP and school lunch and breakfast programs, but they are separate and have different funding mechanisms and oversight.

Analysis: The current legislative leadership’s agenda is not about defending local control; it’s about consolidating control and giving it to the Texas Legislature.

Although this 2025 legislation introduces notable changes, much of the current testing and accountability infrastructure remains the same—just under new labels and timelines.

ATPE weighs in as TEA takes over Fort Worth ISD. Plus: Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 31.

The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.

The Western District Court of Texas sided with booksellers and publishers arguing that requiring them to rate books for sexual content violated the U.S. Constitution.

Special education funding is in peril as the funding lapse is being used to expedite mass firings at multiple agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Special education funding is in peril as the funding lapse is being used to expedite mass firings at multiple agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Learn what’s on the Nov. 4 ballot relating to education, plus how the government shutdown affects Texas public schools.