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TEXAS GAVE CAMPUS SPEECH A 10 P.M. CURFEW. STUDENTS TOOK IT TO COURT.
The Fifth Circuit is considering a challenge to Texas restrictions on overnight campus expression.

Aqua RichJo
3 hours ago9 min read


HEAD START MAY LOOSEN EXPULSION RULES — AND LITTLE KIDS COULD PAY THE PRICE
A federal proposal would remove Head Start’s national expulsion ban and strict suspension limits.

Aqua RichJo
5 hours ago9 min read


TEXAS PARENTS, STOP WAITING! IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS A SPECIAL-EDUCATION EVALUATION, PUT THAT REQUEST IN WRITING!
Texas families should know the major timelines for evaluation, eligibility and IEP development.

Aqua RichJo
6 hours ago9 min read


TEXAS SCHOOLS HAVE NEW RESTRAINT RULES — AND ‘COMPLIANCE’ IS NOT AN EMERGENCY
Texas’ amended school-restraint rules clarify emergency use, training, documentation and parent notification.

Aqua RichJo
7 hours ago7 min read


GALVESTON CLASSROOMS HAVE 10 DAYS TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS — BUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL FIGHT IS NOT OVER
A judge ordered Galveston ISD to display donated Ten Commandments posters while a constitutional fight continues.

Aqua RichJo
5 days ago6 min read


If Nobody Admits They Meant to Discriminate, Does the Discrimination Suddenly Stop Counting?
Aqua RichJo | September 28, 2026 A school rule can look the same on paper for every student and still produce sharply unequal outcomes. For years, federal civil-rights officials could examine that kind of disparate impact when deciding whether a school policy needed to change. The Trump administration has narrowed that approach, according to an Associated Press review of changes in federal school oversight. In July, the U.S. Department of Education removed disparate-impact pr

Aqua RichJo
Sep 282 min read


UT Removes Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies From Its Core
Aqua RichJo| September 25, 2026 At UT Austin, students may still be able to take classes on Black women’s history, LGBTQ literature and women’s lives. But under the university’s redesigned core curriculum, none of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses submitted for review were approved to satisfy core requirements. That is a decision about what counts toward every undergraduate’s foundational education—and who gets to make that call. Reporting published September

Aqua RichJo
Sep 252 min read
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