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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 ...
Texas Senate weighs bill limiting universities as public spaces for speech, demonstrations
Sen. Creighton's SB 2972, passed to engrossment Tuesday, reverses the TX 2019 law establishing universities as traditional ...
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Texas Senate committee unanimously approves ‘Trey’s Law’ after testimony
Texas Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously voted for SB-835, adopting the preferred language of witnesses in favor of ...
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Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle differences on $8 billion public school funding package
Senators will hold a hearing Thursday on their counterproposal to the House's school funding bill. House Democrats and public ...
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With deadline passed, thousands of Texas House bills are effectively dead
One of the likely casualties is a bill that would have transferred tens of millions of dollars in surplus funds from the ...
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Texas Governor Signs New Business-Friendly Governance Law to Promote In-State Corporate Growth: Senate Bill 29 Analysis
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 29 (SB 29), which had been passed by the Legislature on May 7. The Bill, ...
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Texas school board member says don't replace STAAR test with 3 tests
House Bill 4 would overhaul the “State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness” test better known as the STAAR test.
The latest effort to overhaul the Texas lottery could come with a hefty price tag. Here's why.
The legislation would end lottery couriers and restart the process to hire a vendor to oversee the behind-the-scenes ...