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AUSTIN — Texas House members passed a bill Thursday increasing pay for public school teachers and the basic allotment per student.

A bill passed by the Texas House on Wednesday would also help schools rehire retired teachers and offer other incentives to fight the teacher shortage.

At the Texas Capitol, it's been another day of heavy lifting for Texas lawmakers covering topics from controversial new limits on gender-affirming healthcare to reversing the exodus of public school teachers.

A bill passed by the Texas House on Wednesday would also help schools rehire retired teachers and offer other incentives in an effort to fight the state’s teacher shortage.

“To increase student outcomes, we have to increase teacher quality,” Houston Democrat Rep. Harold Dutton said.

A bill passed by the Texas House on Wednesday would also help schools rehire retired teachers and offer other incentives in an effort to fight the state’s teacher shortage.

When Kim heard about Texas Equal Parenting bill HB 3379 and how it has 27 bipartisan co-authors, she wanted to come to Texas to help shine a light on the need for equal parenting, and to advocate in favor of the bill.

Call Chairman Harold Dutton and ask him to set a timely hearing for the Texas Equal Parenting Bill. Millions of kids and dozens of Texas Representative coauthors deserve for this bill to get a fair vote instead of being killed in committee.Texas House Bill HB 3379 and SB1702 (Equal Parenting/Equal Responsibility) will lower court conflict and help fit, willing, and able

“Our officers and directors do feel that this will be detrimental to our rural schools ... If you lose kids, you lose money. It’s pure and simple.”

Some Texas lawmakers hinted at their appetite to revisit truancy during hearings after the Uvalde massacre.