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Nearly six months after the 2023-24 fiscal year began, the Legislature passed education funding code bills on Wednesday. The passage of House Bill 301 and Senate Bill 843 allocates millions in state dollars to various education-related initiatives. The previously stalled HB 301 allocates more than $300 million to libraries and community colleges, $100 million to school […]

Public school administrators were well aware that the Texas House’s vote to block a school voucher program last month would likely mean getting no new money for teacher raises and inflation adjustments this year. Gov. Greg Abbott had long threatened to veto any education funding bill without a voucher component. But they were surprised and […]

Elite schools often turn away voucher-holding children

The fourth special legislative session this year ended without any increased funding for school safety — even though public schools have complained for months they don’t have enough money to meet new safety mandates approved this year.

Support for the governor's Education Freedom Scholarships Act among members of the GOP caucus is far from universal.

The decision to end work Tuesday leaves long odds for bills to boost school safety funding and make sure that election challenges don’t delay the implementation of property tax cuts, teacher pension raises and infrastructure spending.

Middle Tennessee readers of The Tennessean shared their frustration with Gov. Bill Lee's plan to expand the Education Savings Account.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced his plan to expand school vouchers to all 95 counties across the state.

Lee will unveil his Education Freedom Scholarship Act proposal on Tuesday at the Tennessee State Museum, according to the governor's office. He will outline the proposal alongside Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who led her state to adopt a universal school choice policy this year.

The Sarasota County School Board spends too much time paying attention to narrow-minded extremists who promote intolerance.