AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Education Agency (TEA) said it's investigating educators' social media posts related to the assassination of Charlie Kirk that it considers "inappropriate," TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said in a letter to schools Friday.

"These educators' comments do not reflect the vast majority of Texas teachers who are dedicated practitioners that work diligently to serve the more than 5.5 million impressionable young minds in our classrooms," Morath said in the letter.

Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Morath went on in the letter to say that those posts "could constitute a violation of the Educators' Code of Ethics." He added each post "will be thoroughly reviewed and investigated."

"While the exercise of free speech i

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