Education

A day after U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered an extension of the application deadline for families, and required the plaintiff schools be given the chance to apply, the schools' applications were accepted by the Texas comptroller’s office.

Former Lubbock city councilman Gary Boren has declared his intention to run for city council District 4 after Brayden Rose announced his resignation last week. Lubbock’s Chamber of Commerce kicked off its annual Lemonade Day campaign yesterday, launching an initiative that aims to teach kids entrepreneurship through running lemonade stands. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more from the ribbon cutting. And Texas families now have at least another two weeks to apply for the state's new school voucher program after a federal judge in Houston ordered an extension.

Chapters of FFA, once called Future Farmers of America, are becoming more common in city schools. Program advisors say students are learning skills that can help them work in a wide range of industries — from biotech to cosmetology.

U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to a group of Muslim parents and Islamic private schools that sued state officials, according to the plaintiffs’ lead attorney, who said the order extends the application deadline for families until March 31.

Texas parents have less than a week left to apply for Texas Education Freedom Accounts — the state’s school voucher program. Last year, the Texas Legislature funded it to the tune of $1 billion dollars. Our Brad Burt reports the Texas Comptroller’s office has been accepting applications for just over a month, and more than 160,000 students have applied for the program’s first year.

Today is Election Day for the 2026 Texas primaries. Polls are open from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. New state legislation has allowed Texas public schools to implement a designated prayer period. Along with making a decision on in-school prayer, our Bishop Van Buren reports that Lubbock ISD's Board of Trustees addressed public discourse surrounding books in school libraries.

School boards had until March 1 to decide whether to establish a daily period for students and staff to pray or read religious texts.

Students who took English and math college prep courses were less likely to complete college than their peers who were not considered college ready at all.

As students across the nation are participating in walkouts over the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro reports Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three school districts are under investigation for allegedly facilitating protests. Local and state law enforcement met in Lubbock yesterday to cut the ribbon on the new anti-gang center in North Lubbock.

Last week, Lubbock ISD’s Board of Trustees approved the locations for three new elementary schools as part of the district's 2025 bond election. Our Samantha Larned reports on the sites for Bean Elementary, a new building to serve both Williams and Stewart Elementary students, and the combined Wolffarth and McWhorter Elementary campuses. A Texas Medicaid leader says her office is taking steps to address potential fraud in the program. KERA’s Abigail Ruhman reports it comes after the governor called for stronger anti-fraud enforcement.