A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

With Vouchers Fast-Tracked, Other Texas Public Education Issues to Watch This Session It only took the Texas Senate 22 days from the start of this year’s legislative session to introduce, debate ...

More Central Texas school districts are making cuts due to funding issues. ... —As legislators discuss changes to private and public education in Texas during the 89th Legislative Session, ...

School funding issues. Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath opposes a proposal to change how public schools are funded. In preparation for the next state legislative session, ...

Texas lawmakers have begun the process of dealing with two enormous issues: funding and school choice. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast Welcome, Mickey ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14-CBS4) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a controversial school voucher program, marking the largest day-one school choice initiative in the United States.

Texas is clawing back more than $607 million per year in federal funding for special education services, a move local school district officials say will likely worsen already strained budgets for ...

The House and Senate this year have each proposed allocating at least $4.85 billion in new funds to public schools.. The Senate wants to direct a majority of that funding to the Teacher Incentive ...

Marriott’s CEO spoke out about DEI. The next day, he had 40,000 emails from his associates ...

Some teacher advocacy groups said the funding falls short of what teachers need. “That doesn’t come close to covering their pay deficit which now trails the national average by more than ...

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