Overview

• Texas Education Agency officials said Monday they have roughly 180 complaints under preliminary review and that the commissioner will ask the State Board for Educator Certification to suspend licenses for educators who called for or incited violence.
• TEA said it has not opened formal investigations; cases can advance from preliminary review to hearings that may result in warnings, suspensions, or placement on a do‑not‑hire list.
• Several Texas districts have already acted: Klein ISD fired a teacher, Wylie ISD reported two resignations, and Goose Creek ISD confirmed it has begun the process to dismiss an educator over posts about Charlie Kirk’s death.
• Clemson University said it terminated one employee and removed two others from teaching duties after reviewing social‑media comments about Kirk, and other employers including federal agencies have disciplined workers.
• Teacher unions and some Democrats criticized the mass reviews as a “witch hunt,” while Republicans pressed for aggressive penalties, with Gov. Greg Abbott saying on X that more than 100 educators would face certification suspensions and legislative leaders creating new committees on campus speech.