The program would give low income families an extra $120 per child for summer lunches, but federal debate about food benefits ...

The $8.5 billion school funding bill also allocates $4.2 billion for teacher and staff pay raises and $1.3 billion for ...

Twenty superintendents across Texas win regional awards. Five finalists will be selected, and the statewide winner will be ...

Texas offered the benefit for 24 years. The move came in response to a federal lawsuit, but state leaders hailed it as a win.

Texas public schools are about to see a major cash infusion. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed an $8.5 billion funding ...

Those veteran educators in districts with less than 5000 students qualify for the maximum pay out. Tuloso-Midway is right at ...

For two decades on Texas college campuses, it was a resilient law in the face of Republicans' hardening immigration agenda: ...

Texas is the only Gulf Coast state that doesn’t offer grants to build stronger roofs and homes despite leading the country in ...

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On Wednesday, a public education funding bill landed on Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. The bill provides $8.5 billion dollars. House bill 2 will mostly go into effect in September. Abbott expressing his ...

The bill dedicates almost $2 billion to revamp special education and expand access to full-day pre-K and early-learning ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools, offering relief to ...