BEAUMONT, Texas — The Texas Education Agency will take over the Beaumont Independent School District, a move confirmed Thursday by both the district and BISD school board member Joe Evans, who told 12News that “the entire district will be taken over.” The confirmation came the same day TEA Commissioner Mike Morath issued a formal letter ordering the installation of a board of managers and a conservator to govern the district.

In the December 11, 2025 letter addressed to Superintendent Dr. Shannon Allen and all seven trustees, Morath said state intervention is required because two BISD campuses—ML King Middle School and Fehl-Price Elementary—earned a fifth consecutive unacceptable academic accountability rating. State law under TEC §39A.111 mandates the appointment of a board of managers o

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