Special Call: TEA COVID-19 (School Year 2020-21)

State Leadership Announces Funding For Texas School Systems To Support In-Person Instruction

Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that the State of Texas will provide a "hold harmless" to Texas school systems for the rest of the 2020-2021 academic school year only. This means funding will be made available to school systems in Texas that have seen enrollment and attendance declines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as long as they maintain or increase current levels of on-campus attendance. Read more

Attendance & Enrollment FAQ

PDF as of 4 March 20201

Public Health Planning Guidance

This guidance addresses:

• On campus and virtual instruction
  
• Administrative activities by teachers, staff, or students that occur on school campuses or virtually
  
• Non-UIL extracurricular sports and activities
  
• Any other activities that teachers, staff, or students must complete that cannot be accomplished virtually
  
• Visits by parents and the general public
  

As a result of the lifting of the order on masks, TEA has updated its Public Health Guidance. Under this updated guidance, a public school system’s current practices on masks may continue unchanged. Local school boards have full authority to determine their local mask policy.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Guidance

Please click here for all TEA COVID-19 Supoort & Guidance