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Texas Senate school finance plan slashes per-student bump, outlines teacher pay raises
Stark differences have emerged between the House and Senate school funding plans. The Senate incorporated numerous of its ...
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Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas Senate approves compromise
The Texas House must approve changes to the proposal that were brokered by party leaders. It’s part of a package of bills to ...
STAAR test bill could buy time for Austin schools rated "F" to improve, meet state standards
House Bill 4, aimed at eliminating the STAAR test, would buy an additional year of turnaround time for three North Austin ...
Bans on speakers, masks at campus protests pass Texas Senate
Campus protesters would be banned from using loudspeakers during class hours, setting up encampments and replacing the ...
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A Texas abortion ban sponsor aims to clarify when doctors can do the procedure
Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women ...
Texas Legislature fights to protect bats from being entombed and killed slowly
Under a bill that is scheduled for a vote in the Senate, it would be illegal to entomb live bats in an unoccupied structure ...
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‘Culture war’ issues haven’t defined this Texas legislative session — but bills on these issues are still advancing
These so-called culture war issues dominated the legislative session in Texas in 2023. Two years later, some might say that ...
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New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for troubled Texas Lottery
A key Senate critic threw a lifeline to the Texas Lottery when he proposed moving its oversight to a new agency instead of ...
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Texas Senate proposal swaps school funding increase for teacher pay boost that favors small districts
Texas school districts’ best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely.
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Texas lawmakers look to codify telework policies into law for state employees
Policies around remote work are ever changing since companies sent employees home in March 2020. Increasingly, people are ...
Texas public schools, Dems worry time running out as finance bill ‘languishing’ in Senate
Some Democrats and public school leaders worry that the lack of movement of a record-smashing school funding bill in the ...