Absenteeism remains high and Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are frequently absent ...
Texas State Teachers Association warns that voucher bill will hurt teachers' pay
According to TSTA, while Senate Bill 2 has an initial cost of about $1 billion, the bill is expected to balloon up to $6 ...
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Texas school districts all struggling with lack of state funding
It's not just Central Texas schools struggling with budget deficits. Districts all across the state are dealing with ...
Texas school choice voucher debate continues as bill advances to house
The debate over school choice vouchers in Texas is heating up as Senate Bill 2, which proposes an education savings account program, moves to the ...
Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...
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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown
Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.
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Texas Superintendents on the Budget Crisis: “This Is Not Going to End Well”
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Two years ago, during the 2023 legislative ...
Texas A&M University System testifies in front of Senate Finance Committee
Leaders of Texas’s public universities made their cases to the committee as they look to secure more money for projects and ...
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State deducts $432K from Lamar CISD funding following attendance audit
Lamar Consolidated ISD will lose $432,231 in state funding after an attendance audit from the Texas Education Agency showed ...