Lubbock man recognized for completing reading program at 52 years old
Lawrence Nelson, a 52-year-old with learning disabilities, was determined to become a better reader, completing a course ...
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‘Real money to classrooms’: Texas House wants to give public schools $220 more per student
House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a ...
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Texas House creates its own ‘DOGE’ to ‘reduce the size and scope of government’
The Texas House has created the Delivery of Government Efficiency (Texas DOGE) Committee, chaired by Rep. Giovanni ...
Texas House files its version of education savings account program
State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...
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Texas Senate panel OKs bill to raise teacher pay based on experience, performance
Under the roughly $5 billion proposal, public school teachers would be guaranteed raises in their third and fifth years in ...
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Speaker Dustin Burrows Applauds Filing of Historic Priority Education Proposals for the 89th Legislative Session
Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows today applauded the filing of the House’s priority education measures, anchored by Representative Brad Buckley’s House Bill 2 and House ...
Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills: 'One size does not fit all'
The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.
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Texas Senate bill would give public school teachers free pre-K and raises based on metrics
The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...
Dan Patrick gives Speaker Burrows a vote of confidence at conservative gathering
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is not always on good terms with the Texas House, says: “I have faith in our new speaker." ...
The Texas House and Senate have dueling school voucher bills. Here are the big differences
The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including ...
Texas Speaker Burrows promises school choice will pass: ‘Our moment has arrived’
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Thursday that creating a private-school voucher program in Texas is “the defining ...
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Texas House wants to give public schools $220 more per student
The proposal, filed Thursday, comes well short of the increase school administrators and education advocates have been asking ...