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State announces funding for Texas schools to support in-person instruction Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that the State of Texas will provide a “hold harmless” to Texas school systems for the rest of the 2020-2021 academic school year only. (Source: Live 5 News) By KAUZ Team | March 4, 2021 at 4:58 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 5:00 PM WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - *From the office of Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday, March 4* AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced today that the State of Texas wi...

Governor Greg Abbott Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced Thursday that the State of Texas will provide a “hold harmless” to Texas school systems for the rest of the 2020-2021 academic school year only. This means funding will be made available to school systems in Texas that have seen enrollment and attendance declines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as long as they maintain or increase current levels of on-campus attendance. Districts will be funded on attendance in line with projections made prior to the public health crisis. This will ensure that scho...

This means funding will be made available to school systems in Texas that have seen enrollment and attendance declines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as long as they maintain or increase current levels of on-campus attendance.

Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto/Pool Originally published on February 9, 2021 8:52 am Gov. Greg Abbott has laid out a bunch of priorities that he hopes lawmakers will take on this legislative session: measures related to criminal justice, protecting businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits and how elections are run in the state. But to get anything done on his list, he’ll need help in the Texas House and Senate. Abbott works closely with the leaders of each chamber — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Senate and Speaker Dade Phelan in the House — to pursue his agenda. Look closer, tho...

There are a total of 181 legislators in the Capitol, but the influence is not evenly distributed. Due to the lawmakers’ positions, ideology and tenure, some will have a much bigger say on the biggest issues this session.