The State Board of Education (SBOE) met in Austin last week to discuss and take action on several topics, the most visible of which was the new social studies framework. Social Studies Framework Adopted The board conducted two separate discussions on the topic of how social studies will look and...
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Today, Texas AFT joined ongoing litigation against Senate Bill 12, a new state law that bans gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs, prevents educators from using students’ chosen names and pronouns, and prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts from public and charter K-12 schools.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 13, 2025 CONTACT: Nicole Hill, press@texasaft.org Texas formalizes online hate campaigns against individual teachers AUSTIN, Texas — In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, private citizens of all political persuasions shared their thoughts on their personal social media accounts. A number of state representatives, including state...
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During the 89th legislative session, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 13, which significantly changes how public school libraries across the state select, review, and manage books and instructional materials. The law, which took effect on Sept. 1, creates new barriers to access and hands greater decision-making power to school...
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The Trump Administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Education would strip nearly $12 billion from public schools nationwide, a move that would fall hardest on the students and districts most in need. According to analysis from the Education Law Center, the proposal eliminates or consolidates...
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Texas AAUP-AFT and Austin Community College AFT leaders and members join allied groups for a press conference in opposition to Senate Bill 37 in the 89th Legislature. Free speech in higher education is on the line for students and faculty, that much has been made crystal clear in recent days. ...
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Rep. Alma Allen speaks to members at our 2023 Public Education Advocacy Day. Photo by Win O’Neal, CCR Studios. State Rep. Alma A. Allen announced last week that she will retire at the end of her term in 2026, closing out more than two decades in the Texas House and...
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The State Board for Educator Certification will meet in Austin on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 18-19. The meeting will take place over two days with many discussion items and will include a new component to the proceedings. The first order of business will be for the new Temporary Suspension Committee...
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Sept. 10, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian L. Evans, PhD, aaup.texas@gmail.com This week’s events are the clearest example yet: We are bargaining away Texas’s future so politicians can have material for fundraising emails and viral social media content. AUSTIN,...
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House Bill 2, the Legislature’s school finance bill, went into full effect on Monday, Sept. 1. Even before enactment day, though, Texas AFT members and organizers have been hard at work in districts across the state to make sure the funding increases from the Teacher Retention Allotment (TRA) and the...
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Texas’s new Ten Commandments law, Senate Bill 10, officially went into effect on September 1, but implementation is unfolding unevenly across the state.
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The State Board of Education (SBOE) will convene in Austin on Monday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. CT. The board is set to meet throughout the week, ending on Friday, Sept. 10, and will take up several important items, most notably, a framework for the anticipated social studies content area...
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