Texas' first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

From flood recovery efforts to eliminating the STAAR test and reducing property taxes, here's what's on the agenda for the ...

It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

Texas lawmakers return to Austin for the special session called by Governor Abbott. Eliminating and replacing the STAAR test is one of the topics.

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt isn’t sure 30 days will be enough time to address 18 agenda items during the special session.

Gov. Abbott has 18 total items on the agenda for the special session, including four tied to the catastrophic flooding in the ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

An already packed special session agenda grew exponentially last week — due in part to the catastrophic Hill Country flooding ...

A Texas court of appeals ruled that the TEA can release school accountability ratings for the 2023-2024 school year which are ...