DTX-RIC: Impact 9/9/2025

Richardson ISD staff are proposing three changes to its District of Innovation plan.

The details: To align with recent legislative changes, staff are proposing updates to the District of Innovation plan.

A Joy to Party has opened a brick and mortar store in Richardson.

The details: It offers a number of party supplies, including tables, chairs, balloons, backdrops, margarita machines and more.

Plano ISD earned a “superior” rating of its financial integrity during the 2023-24 school year, according to a news release from the district.

The gist: The Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, also called FIRST, is issued annually by the Texas Education Agency.

The district received a perfect score of 100. Plano ISD has earned a superior rating in every school year since 2015-16, and has earned a perfect score in each of the last two years. The 2024-25 scores are issued based on financial data from the previous school year.
 

Most Texas public schools are required to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms under Senate Bill 10, a state law that took effect Sept. 1.

The details: On Aug. 20, a Texas federal judge temporarily blocked the following 11 school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments:

• Alamo Heights ISD
• Austin ISD
• Cy-Fair ISD
• Dripping Springs ISD
• Fort Bend ISD
• Houston ISD
• Lackland ISD
• Lake Travis ISD
• North East ISD
• Northside ISD
• Plano ISD