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Megan Menchaca

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Megan Menchaca

    Texas lost at least 14,200 immigrant students last year (opens the original)

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    Texas public schools lost more than 14,200 immigrant students last school year amid aggressive immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump, state data shows. However, multiple immigration experts said schools likely saw a much larger drop in such students than indicated in official reports as the publicly available data only includes children who meet a specific definition of immigrant under the law. The decline reflects a 7% drop in enrollment for the state’s immigrant students, the fi

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Megan Menchaca

    UT students attacked by Bo French call comments “disgusting” (opens the original)

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    Students at the University of Texas at Austin said they were dismayed — but unsurprised — by the racist attacks lobbed at them online after a Republican candidate for statewide office suggested white Americans were being “displaced.” Bo French, the Republican running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, on Sunday posted racist comments on X that included an image of UT students of South Asian descent celebrating the victory. “I heard UT g

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Megan Menchaca

    11 Texas districts, campuses to see A-F ratings increase (opens the original)

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    About a dozen districts will see a bump in school accountability ratings on Tuesday after a manual rescoring of thousands of STAAR tests improved some results. Texas Education Agency officials said Friday about 27,200 students received additional credit for their text responses to some questions on the reading portion of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. The adjustments impacted some sixth through eighth graders, as well as those who took the English I end-of-course exam. The

  4. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Megan Menchaca

    At least 14 Texas districts at risk of school takeovers next year (opens the original)

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    More than a dozen Texas public school districts are at risk of triggering a potential state takeover if they do not improve student academic performance before the next year’s A-F accountability ratings, data shows. At least 14 districts had at least one campus with a fourth consecutive failing grade, according to the preliminary 2026 ratings. That includes the Clarksville, Cleveland, Coldspring-Oakhurst, Elgin, Judson, Kingsville, Manor, Nacogdoches, Poteet, Runge, San Angelo, San Antonio, Spri

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Megan Menchaca

    Texas must study three-year college degree options, Gov. Abbott says (opens the original)

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    Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Wednesday to work on pathways for students to earn bachelor’s degrees in three years. Such a program could have college students take about 90 hours of classes instead of 120 to earn a degree, thus reducing the cost of higher education, shortening the time for degree completion and allowing the state to respond to workforce demands quicker, state leaders said. “Texas students are our future leaders and the workforce of to

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