Source reporting: Texas Scorecard
Two former Killeen Independent School District employees retain valid Texas educator credentials while the Texas Education Agency reviews their cases, according to Texas Scorecard. The district said the husband and wife resigned in November 2025 after admitting to conduct described in allegations made by their adult daughter.
Texas Scorecard identified the former employees as middle-school teacher Sebrenia Rangel and specialized-learning technology aide Joshua Rangel. The daughter alleged sexual misconduct by her biological mother and stepfather between 2011 and 2013. Killeen ISD said the alleged conduct involved family members and did not occur on district property or at district events.
The allegations were presented to Killeen police in 2015, but prosecutors declined to bring charges because they found insufficient evidence, according to the district’s account. No criminal conviction was reported. That distinction matters: a prosecutor’s decision not to file a case does not prevent the state education agency from separately reviewing whether an educator violated professional standards.
Killeen ISD also said the daughter notified the district in 2020, when both employees worked there, but the district could not locate written records showing what follow-up occurred. The district attributed that period to a previous administration and said its current procedures for outside misconduct reports are different.
When the daughter contacted the district again on November 7, 2025, officials placed both employees on administrative leave and opened an internal investigation. Killeen ISD said both admitted to the conduct described in the allegations on November 19 and resigned in lieu of termination that day.
Texas Scorecard reported that both credentials are listed as under review but remain valid, leaving the former employees legally eligible for education work while the process continues. Sebrenia Rangel’s public employment profile showed work as a virtual science teacher at a San Antonio academy from January through June 2026, but the academy did not confirm whether she remained employed there.
The broader state workload adds context. Texas Scorecard cited the TEA’s misconduct dashboard as showing more than 2,700 open sexual-misconduct complaints, with about 250 new cases of that type and roughly 1,100 total misconduct investigations opened in an average month.
The public-integrity concern is procedural, not a presumption of criminal guilt. Texas parents and school systems need clear notice of credential reviews, documented follow-up when allegations reach a district and timely state decisions that protect students while respecting due process. The missing 2020 follow-up record and the continued validity of the credentials make transparency about the review’s status especially important.