The state education agency issued guidance to districts after Gov. Greg Abbott directed its commissioner to investigate the student protests of killings by federal agents.

The move comes as the state's education agency unveils a new enforcement role to oversee investigations into alleged misconduct by Texas teachers.

A 45-year-old Texas man has been charged with assault after appearing to fight with high school students who were protesting ICE. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports on the caught-on-camera incident.

School leaders say they're navigating discipline, free‑speech rights, and new pressure from state officials.

It began when a 5-year-old and her mother were arrested by ICE.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers fired pepper balls into a crowd of protesters outside an ICE detention facility Wednesday where a 5-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area is being held.

The father and son were detained on Jan. 20 in Minnesota.

Some students at Pflugerville ISD, Austin ISD and Manor ISD schools are walking out of their classrooms Monday in protest against recent ICE operations.