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House Bill 2 funnels roughly $8.5 billion dollars into public schools. About half the pot is going toward teacher recruitment ...
Since our founding, we’ve wrapped each legislative session with two lists. In 2025, we decided we couldn't anymore.
The program would give low income families an extra $120 per child for summer lunches, but federal debate about food benefits ...
Statewide, school districts are seeking more ways to prepare graduates for the workforce or to enter college prepared ...
The Texas Education Agency has extended its control of Houston ISD for another two years, prolonging the controversial ...
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath applauded the district for its improvements while citing the need for more time to ...
Texas is the only Gulf Coast state that doesn’t offer grants to build stronger roofs and homes despite leading the country in ...
While some bills did not pass, the legislature made strides in passing around 30 bills related to education, including school choice.
Since 2023, the largest school district in Texas, the Houston Independent School District, has been taken over by the Texas ...
State policy makers passed two major education-related bills this legislative session, one establishing a school voucher-like ...
Four days after Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2 into law, allocating billions in public education funding and creating a new voucher-style program, Abilene ...
State Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons, D-Houston, speaks with KXAN anchor Will DuPree about completing her first legislatie session. Simmons pushed for legislation to create a Sickle Cell registry ...