Burrows Buries Vouchers in Pandemic Bill
Every legislative session since 1995 a school voucher bill has been filed in the Texas Legislature. A school voucher is any mechanism or scheme...
Editorial: Abbott and Morath Need to Communicate Funding Plans for Schools
Ask any leadership expert and they will tell you that to properly lead a group of people communication is key. As we have seen...
House Pub Ed Chair: Funding May Shrink for Some Texas Schools in the Spring
Public Education Committee Chair Harold Dutton sat down with the Texas Tribune for a virtual interview on Thursday to share his opinions on...
Will Texas Cut Funding to Public Schools Because of Low Attendance During the Pandemic?
In the fall semester of 2020 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) made a decision to help public schools by providing funding for them at...
Profile: Texas House Public Education Committee and What it Means for Texas
On Thursday, the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan announced his picks for the all-important committees that make up the Texas...
TEA Decision for In-person Testing Tied to Lucrative Contracts?
In early December of 2020 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced that, while the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test would...
The Texas Legislature and Funding for HB 3
In May of 2019 the Texas Legislature passed the now historic House Bill 3 (HB 3) to address public school funding. The bill was...
Texas School Districts Struggle to Hire Substitute Teachers
Across the country substitute teachers are in demand. The lack of substitute teachers that Texas school districts are experiencing, a problem that occurred last...
Could Texas Schools be Shortchanged Due to COVID-19?
With the beginning of the second semester, it remains unclear whether Texas public schools will be fully funded as they were in the fall...
What Lt. Gov. Patrick’s Rule Change May Mean for Texas Education
Prior to the November election, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made waves when he suggested if Republicans were to lose their supermajority in the State...
