Overview

• Gov. Greg Abbott said more than 100 Texas educators will have their certifications suspended over posts that called for or endorsed violence after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
• The Texas Education Agency is preliminarily reviewing roughly 180 complaints and has not yet opened formal investigations, with potential outcomes ranging from warnings to certification action.
• School districts across Texas report firings, resignations and administrative leave for staff tied to posts about Kirk, including cases in Klein ISD, Goose Creek, Wylie ISD and Midland ISD.
• Employers nationwide have acted as well, with Clemson University terminating an employee, a Secret Service agent placed on leave, and American Airlines pilots removed from duty over celebratory remarks.
• Teacher unions and civil-liberties advocates are pushing back, with Texas AFT calling the reviews a 'witch hunt,' Massachusetts’ teachers union urging no punitive action, and FIRE warning against broad retaliation for offensive speech.