House approves $1.8 billion package of school finance bills
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from House Speaker Joe Straus. The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a comment from House Speaker Joe Straus. The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion…
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about the declining participation in Texas’ summer meals programs for students. You can read the first story here. REKLAW —…
When David Hatcher got a blood test at his oncologist’s office two summers ago, the doctor spelled out his results decisively: “The bad news is you’ve got leukemia. The good…
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about the declining participation in Texas’ summer meals programs for students. When Evelyn Delgado saw a banner outside her daughter’s…
The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to give teachers bonuses and to improve retired teachers’ health benefits — but only after the bill’s author removed a controversial provision requiring…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note the passage of legislation on studying the school’s finance system. The Texas Senate tentatively passed legislation Monday to subsidize private school…
Following the deaths of nine people in what police are calling a “human trafficking crime,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took to Facebook Sunday to highlight the importance of cracking down…
The Senate Finance Committee Saturday approved a proposal Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick listed as a priority for Texas education: providing bonuses and pay raises for long-term teachers, and reduced health-care…
The Senate Education Committee got two major bills out of the way Friday, passing legislation that would create a “private school choice” program and start a commission to study the…
Texas legislators could end up passing bills to reform the state’s school finance system and help out retired teachers this special session. After the Senate voted early Thursday morning to…