The Texas Education Agency has recently released the Educator Misconduct Reporting dashboard, a controversial tool designed to help parents discover cases of alleged misconduct involving teachers. The new tool has drawn backlash online, as some Texas residents believe it is an unnecessary investment that could be used to target educators in the state.
According to reports from KXAN, the tool was created as part of Senate Bill 571 and contains data collected between September 2025 and April 2026. Through the dashboard, parents can search for misconduct reports, educator investigations, state sanctions, and “Do Not Hire” registries.
The database also tracks active investigations. While it contains thousands of alleged misconduct cases, it shows only 595 cases in which sanctions were formally issued. Another 485 people have been placed in the “Do Not Hire” registry, which includes individuals who are not eligible to work in Texas public or private school systems.
Texas Education Agency Criticized Online
The new tool was not well-received by Texans on Reddit’s r/Texas. Most people seemed appalled that the state would create a database on educators but not on other public servants: “Yeah, like I don’t care if they are felons if they are doing their job and they aren’t on a registry. Do police and politicians next, thanks.”
Someone else said, “We don’t need anyone to flag politicians because any politicians who would be flagged will brag about their misconduct and any other corruption they partake in.” Another user added: “Why do we even care? Paxton, another felon, won the primary. No one does anything,” referring to Ken Paxton’s recent plea deal in an abuse case.
Some users were also skeptical that these thousands of “misconduct” investigations should be taken seriously. One of them wrote, “How many of these ‘incidents of misconduct’ are like ‘said mean things about Charlie Kirk?’”
In a thread that was almost entirely critical of the tool, one seemingly irritated Texan said, “Nice try at a diversion, but if they actually gave a fraction of a [expletive] about students, they’d be passing gun control reforms, expanding free lunches, vetoing vouchers, and getting religion out of public schools.”
It is still too early to tell whether the tool will help Texans or simply make life harder for educators, but it appears that at least part of the local population has not strongly supported it.
