The Texas Education Agency has published the following letters to school administrators:
- Rescinded Revised Timeline for Implementation of the new Federal Grant Regulation Changes – On February 10, 2025, USDE published a new notice in the Federal Register rescinding the previous notice of January 16 that led the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to issue the January 30, 2025, To the Administrator Letter under a similar subject line. This letter replaces the January 30 letter. All federal grant rules and regulation changes go into effect July 1, 2025, unless the Local Educational Agency (LEA) has received a separate new federal grant award on or after October 1, 2024. LEAs should continue to create, revise, and/or update all applicable grant policies and procedures to align to the implementation of all the federal grant changes for a July 1, 2025, implementation as previously explained in TEA guidance and trainings.
- Seeking Stakeholder Feedback on Local Classroom Review Rubrics and Parent Processes – TEA seeks stakeholder feedback on the local classroom review rubrics and parent request processes. Local reviews of classroom instructional materials are aligned to the IMRA rubric development schedule and review cycles. As such, local classroom reviews for the 2025–26 school year could take place in classrooms that teach K–3 English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) Foundational Literacy Skills and Reading Comprehension, 4–8 ELAR Reading Comprehension, and K–12 Mathematics.
