Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts.
This was announced Thursday, December 11 by Education Commissioner Mike Morath, who has the authority to either close a campus or appoint new leadership if at least one school in the district receives five consecutive failing grades in Texas’ academic accountability system. Each of the districts met that threshold.
These takeovers add to the growing list of districts that have had to deal with state interventions, including Fort Worth and Houston, which are two of the state’s largest districts.
That A thru F grading system is largely based on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, a standardized exam that lawmakers voted this year to replace in 2027.
In August, The TEA said that five school districts were at risk of intervention after having five consecutive years of undesirable ratings.
Since then, the TEA has announced plans to take over four of them: Fort Worth, Lake Worth, Connally and Beaumont ISDs. Morath hasn’t said whether he plans to intervene in a fifth one, which is Wichita ISD.
Fort Worth’s school board said it plans to appeal the commissioner’s decision, which was announced in October.
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The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts.
This was announced Thursday, December 11 by Education Commissioner Mike Morath, who has the authority to either close a campus or appoint new leadership if at least one school in the district receives five consecutive failing grades in Texas’ academic accountability system. Each of the districts met that threshold.
These takeovers add to the growing list of districts that have had to deal with state interventions, including Fort Worth and Houston, which are two of the state’s largest districts.
That A thru F grading system is largely based on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, a standardized exam that lawmakers voted this year to replace in 2027.
In August, The TEA said that five school districts were at risk of intervention after having five consecutive years of undesirable ratings.
Since then, the TEA has announced plans to take over four of them: Fort Worth, Lake Worth, Connally and Beaumont ISDs. Morath hasn’t said whether he plans to intervene in a fifth one, which is Wichita ISD.
Fort Worth’s school board said it plans to appeal the commissioner’s decision, which was announced in October.
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