Good Bill Hunting: Talarico’s Effort to Increase Teacher Pay
Good Bill Hunting is a weekly series during the legislative session where RA News will look at a bill or piece of legislation that...
Will the Legislature Use the Federal Stimulus to Help Children, or to Plug Holes...
Last week President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 which provides $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus money to...
Burrows Blinks, Vouchers Removed From HB 3
After news came out that Chairman Dustin Burrows buried language that would allow school vouchers in the omnibus pandemic relief bill HB 3, the state representative...
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...
