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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.