Abbott signs business bills as deal on education funding gets closer

Texas Senate school finance plan slashes per-student bump, outlines teacher pay raises

Stark differences have emerged between the House and Senate school funding plans. The Senate incorporated numerous of its preferred policies in a plan that...

Texas Senate proposal swaps school funding increase for teacher pay boost that favors small districts

Texas school districts’ best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely. The school finance package now uses that money directly for teacher pay.

Abbott signs business bills as deal on education funding gets closer

A big deal on education funding that includes a teacher pay raise appears to be in the making. On May 14, the Texas governor, lieutenant governor, and house speaker said they are confident a multi-billion dollar package will be passed

Details Emerge on Senate Remix of School Funding Bill - Reform Austin

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The Texas Senate is preparing its version of a public school funding bill that would retain the House’s roughly $8 billion allotment while excising all but a minute increase to the basic allotment, according to the Quorum Report. A preliminary copy of the Texas Senate’s committee substitute version of House Bill 2 published by the Quorum Report shows the basic allotment being increased by…