Kelly Wiley
KXAN News
Austin, TX, United States
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6 bills filed on school safety, funding and the teacher shortage — what you need to know
Days before the bill filing deadline, Texas lawmakers announced a flurry of new bills aimed at solving some of the largest problems facing the state’s public schools: safety and its dwindling workforce. Here’s what you need to know. → Read More
Houston mayor says ISD takeover coming soon; TEA says no decision has been made
Tuesday, during a city council meeting, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the Texas Education Agency plans to take over Houston Independent School District as soon as this month. Meanwhile, TEA officials and the head of the agency said no final decision has been made. → Read More
‘We have to get this right,’ Education Commissioner looks for teacher shortage solutions
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – Many Texas school districts face a growing challenge when it comes to recruiting and keeping teachers. Now, a long-anticipated report aims to find solutions to that problem. The report comes from the state’s Teacher Vacancy Task Force. That’s a group of 45 Texas teachers and administrators Gov. Greg Abbott ordered to take […] → Read More
‘I am truly sorry’: Texas education official apologizes for leaked audio pushing school voucher program
A high-ranking Texas Education Agency official is apologizing after a phone call in which he advocated for the governor’s effort to bring a school voucher system to Texas was leaked to YouTube. → Read More
AISD Special Education Dept. under TEA investigation for more than a year
The Austin Independent School District confirmed its special education department has been under investigation by the Texas Education Agency for more than a year. The investigation is tied to the district’s years-long backlog of special education evaluations. → Read More
Texas bill would ban schools from restraining students on the ground
Texas Rep. Mary Gonzales, D- El Paso, this session introduced a bill that would ban teachers and other school employees from restraining students on the ground at school, specifically those with special needs. → Read More
Nearly 1M drivers at risk of losing licenses. Are you one of them?
Texas judges have the right to keep drivers from renewing their license if they don’t pay traffic tickets or the fines associated with delaying payment — and our investigation found nearly one million current orders to do just that. Our KXAN investigation found it’s a system keeping people from driving to work, and childcare, and often trapping families in a cycle of debt. → Read More
Recap: News you may have missed over the Thanksgiving holiday
Here are five news stories from the Austin area and Texas you may have missed over the holiday weekend. → Read More
Austin ISD apologizes to teachers over late payroll, missing stipends
Weeks into the school year, the Austin Independent School District was still trying to recover from the record-high number of teachers who quit or retired the previous year. But amid hiring nearly one thousand new teachers, the school district missed an important deadline: payroll. → Read More
Video appears to show Texas teacher tossing student into the wall
A Round Rock administrator is no longer working at a school for special education students after a surveillance video showed him grabbing a 14-year-old student, and then tossing him into a room where he hit his head on the wall. → Read More
Data: More than 80 Austin ISD schools still trying to hire classroom teachers
More than 80 Austin Independent School District campuses are trying to fill vacancies for classroom teachers, according to school district data obtained by KXAN. → Read More
State of Texas: Common ground solutions where Texans agree
New polling from the non-partisan non-profit group Texas 2036 found 93% of Texas voters expressed concern about the state’s future. → Read More
Uvalde school district suspends police force, puts top officials on leave
The Uvalde school district announced Friday it has chosen to suspend its police department “for a period of time” following the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 21 people. → Read More
Texas special education employees plead no contest in unlawful restraint case
Nearly two years after being charged with unlawfully restraining a student with severe autism, the Hutto Independent School District’s director of special education pleaded no contest to failing to properly report the incident as a part of a plea deal, according to prosecutors. → Read More
State of Texas: Lawmaker aims to address ‘overload’ pushing Texas teachers to quit
A survey of more than 20,000 Texas teachers found “personal overload” was the number one issue cited by educators who recently quit or retired, according to the Texas Education Agency data released on Tuesday. → Read More
State of Texas: ‘It’s not me,’ Beto O’Rourke taps volunteers to mobilize votes in race for governor
A poll released last week from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University shows Beto O’Rourke behind Governor Greg Abbott. → Read More
Active shooter policy changed in wake of Uvalde, according to DPS emails
Newly obtained emails from the Texas Department of Public Safety director show the agency has changed its active shooter policy following the school shooting in Uvalde where 19 kids and two teachers were murdered. → Read More
100+ Texas juvenile justice waitlist delays treatment, rehabilitation for minors
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is scrambling to develop and start treatment for kids stuck in 43 local juvenile detention facilities scattered across the state – while it works to fix crippling staffing shortages on the state level. → Read More
Texas resignations: ‘I can no longer afford to be a teacher’
What’s really behind the shortage? To find out, KXAN obtained thousands of exit surveys detailing why teachers left and the impact it has on students. → Read More
Video shows moment Uvalde officer learns his wife was shot, Texas Rep. says
The surveillance video showing the Robb Elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers is putting into focus testimony given by the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety last month. → Read More