The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.
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Uvalde elementary principal reinstated after school shooting investigation, lawyer says
Mandy Gutierrez was put on paid leave Monday and responded Wednesday to a Texas House committee’s investigative report about the massacre. On Thursday, her attorney released a letter from the Uvalde superintendent saying she’s no longer on administrative leave.
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Texas suing USDA over requirement to add LGBTQ protections to nutrition programs’ nondiscrimination policies
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service announced in May that it would expand its definition of sexual discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Paxton and other attorneys general are suing in response.
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Principal of Robb Elementary is put on paid leave two months after Uvalde mass shooting
Mandy Gutierrez, in her first year as principal, is the third local official to be suspended as a result of the shooting on May 24.
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Uvalde school board pushes Greg Abbott for special legislative session to increase legal age for purchasing assault rifles
The gunman who killed 19 elementary students and two teachers bought the assault rifle he used after turning 18 just days before the massacre.
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It’s not just COVID-19: Why Texas faces a teacher shortage
Texas schools have long had too few teachers. The pandemic made the situation worse — but issues like low pay, poor benefits and polarizing statewide politics all have an impact, too.
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Uvalde school board postpones meeting to discuss firing police Chief Pete Arredondo
The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set.
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Uvalde superintendent recommends firing police Chief Pete Arredondo
The school board plans to meet Saturday to vote on the proposal, days after a Texas House committee report highlighted widespread failures in the police response to the Robb Elementary shooting.
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Rural Texas districts struggling to attract teachers are switching to four-day school weeks
The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that don’t always have the finances to attract or retain teachers with pay increases.
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“What are you going to do about your failures?”: Uvalde parents demand answers at school board meeting
For about three hours, people demanded the resignation of the school district superintendent and threatened to keep their children out of school until campus security is improved.