New dashboard shows nearly 16,000 misconduct reports filed against teachers

Educator misconduct reports come from several sources, including school system administrators, other state agencies, members of the public and law enforcement agencies outside of Texas.

The dashboard lists 15,656 “All Misconduct” reports received with a monthly average of 1,740, according to the data.

There have been 11,318 educator investigations launched since last September, with an average of 1,258 opened each month. So far, there have been 6,067 confirmed reports to law enforcement or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. 

Since Oct. 1, 2025, there have been 6,024 educator misconduct investigations under preliminary review; 1,634 have been closed; 3,074 were transferred to a formal investigation; 586 investigations have been completed. 

Of the educator investigations reports, 79% involve direct harm to students.

Fifteen percent of educator investigations, 1,694, are related to inappropriate sexual/romantic relationship and inappropriate communication with students; 548 are related to sexual abuse of students. Dashboard descriptions of sexual crimes are graphic.

The dashboard lists 703 SBEC sanctions since last September, with a monthly average of 78. The majority are against teachers, 77%; 17% against paraprofessionals; 6% against principals, according to the data. 

The majority of sanctions, 198, were reprimands; 190, indefinite suspensions; 170, suspensions, according to the data.

DNHR data is broken down by permanent and temporary ineligibility to work in the public and private school system in Texas. They total 648 since September 2025 with a monthly average of 72. The majority, 66%, are permanently ineligible to be hired; the remainder are temporarily ineligible, according to the data.

The dashboard and public reporting of data is the outworking of new laws enacted by the state legislature. Overseeing the state’s enforcement of educator misconduct policies is Levi Fuller, TEA’s first inspector general for Educator Misconduct. The role was created by TEA Commissioner Mike Morath to ensure safe learning environments for Texas’ nearly 5.5 million public school students.

The division is responsible for responding to and investigating the complaints listed in the dashboard. It oversees educator misconduct investigations, including making decisions to impose certification sanctions, placing individuals on the DNHR, overseeing settlements and closing cases. The role also involves Fuller providing regular policy and process guidance and recommendations to the SBEC, Commissioner of Education, Office of the Governor and state legislature.

Prior to taking the role, Fuller was chief of staff to state Rep. Andy Hopper, R-Decatur, and previously served in several roles in the Office of Attorney General.

Under Fuller, and with additional transparency, the number of educator misconduct investigations has dramatically increased compared to previously reported data.

When state Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville, filed HB 4623, enabling parents to sue public schools in response to their children being sexually abused by a school official, the bill analysis stated there were 6,888 reports of sexual and violent misconduct reported by public school employees against students from 2021 to 2024, The Center Square reported. The vast majority of the reports weren’t resolved.

HB 4623 is now law and allows civil claims to be made against independent school districts or open-enrollment charter schools for employees that commit sexual misconduct or if schools fail to report suspected child abuse or neglect.