An agenda driven by conservative priorities, schools’ financial duress and teacher needs led to an $8.5 billion boost, new ...

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The Texas House passed a public school funding bill that allocates $8.5 billion for education, with $4.2 billion for teacher ...

House Bill 2 will increase funding for educator and support staff salaries, special education, school safety and more. Gov.

Under the new changes ... Texas A&M University Professor Lori Taylor, district size is not a good proxy for rural. Another part of the bill sets aside $1.3 billion for special education funding ...

The legislation includes new pots of money for teacher raises and other school costs like insurance and transportation.

Brad Buckley, the Salado Republican who chairs the House Public Education Committee, told The Texas Tribune ... toward the changes, as well as the timeline to implement the new funding model.

Since the last projected budget update given May 19, district staff has made budget cuts to save GCISD a total of $2.04 ...

A bill signed by Abbott becomes law. If he leaves a bill unsigned but doesn't veto it, it also automatically becomes law.