Since 2023, the largest school district in Texas, the Houston Independent School District, has been taken over by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Now, two years later, TEA has announced that it will continue with the takeover for the next two years -- until 2027.

Timeline: How the TEA takeover of Houston ISD unfolded

The TEA first moved to take over the district’s school board in 2019 following allegations of misconduct by board members and the repeated low academic performance of Wheatley High School .

After several legal battles between the district and state officials, on Jan. 13, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to take over the district. This meant removing HISD’s elected school board and superintendent.

The state hired Mike Miles on June 1, 2023, f

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