Texas Committee On State

Texas public school enrollment loss reaches historic high

Texas public schools lost 75,000 students this year as state keeps growing

Falling birth rates, shifting migration, and Hispanic enrollment losses drove a 75,000-student drop in Texas public schools — the biggest since COVID.

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Texas Public Schools See First Non-Pandemic Enrollment Drop in Decades

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'Inflection point': Texas public school enrollment loss reaches historic high

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Texas has the second-largest public-school enrollment decline in 40 years

Texas public schools saw their second-largest decline in enrollment in the past 40 years, according to a study by the non-profit group Texas 2036.

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Texas public schools experience worst enrollment decline in decades, report shows

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Report: Texas public schools have largest non-Covid enrollment drop in recorded history

Dallas Observer

Legislature Heralds State DOGE Inspired by Musk, Headed by North Texans

The Texas Legislature is taking a page out of President Donald Trump’s book with the creation of a committee aimed at rooting out waste and fraud within the government. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced the creation of the Delivery of ...

Texas Senate committee addresses police in work zones as officers make more money working for TxDOT

"Most of them just sit and watch Netflix for 12 hours. It's a complete waste of millions of taxpayer dollars," a sheriff told the committee.

Detroit News

Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban

The Texas committee that examines all pregnancy-related deaths in the state will not review cases from 2022 and 2023, the first two years after Texas’s near-total abortion ban took effect, leaving any potential deaths related to abortion bans during ...

KXAN

Texas House committee sends ‘consequential’ education legislation to House floor

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House Committee on Public Education met and approved House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 on Thursday – two of the most consequential pieces of legislation this session- to the full House floor. The pair of bills, which are a top ...

KVUE

Texas House Committee lowers fines for House Democrats who broke quorum during redistricting battle last summer

AUSTIN, Texas — On Friday, a Texas House committee met to consider how far they can go to collect fines from the dozens of House Democrats who broke quorum last summer during the fight over redistricting. House Administration Committee Chair State Rep.

Austin American-Statesman

Texas House State Affairs Committee hears sweeping out-of-state abortion ban bill

Jay Janner is a staff photographer at the Austin American-Statesman where, since 2003, he has documented life in one of the most dynamic cities in America. In his more than 30-year career, Janner photographed many of the biggest news stories in Austin but ...

Houston Public Media

Texas House Democrats break quorum, bolt state after GOP congressional redistricting map passes committee

Texas House Democrats join Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks about the Texas Republican plans to redraw the House map during a press conference at the Democratic Party of DuPage County office in Carol Stream, IL on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. At least 51 ...