MCLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — The Texas Education Agency announced the state agency is taking over Connally Independent School District, 25 News confirmed.

Mike Morath, TEA Commissioner of Education, tells 25 News' Bobby Poitevint that they delivered the letter, notifying Connally ISD of the takeover Thursday afternoon.

In the letter obtained by 25 News, it reads that two of the five Connally ISD campuses earned a fifth consecutive unacceptable academic accountability rating for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. This requires the TEA Commissioner of Education to either order the closure of those two campuses or appoint a board of managers to govern the district.

"I am hereby ordering the appointment of both a board of managers to govern the district and a conservator," Morat

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