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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

Higher education advocates are winding down from a busy session in the Texas Capitol, where culture wars again took center ...

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 lawmakers’ public education agenda for this year’s legislative session goes beyond school vouchers and school finance. Legislation still under consideration includes a ban on DEI ...

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 ...

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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