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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 ...
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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 senator proposes cutting property taxes by raising homestead exemption
Senate Bill 4 would raise the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 and ensure school districts would not lose money.
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More Texas tax relief ahead? SB 4 to add onto historic property tax relief
Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt announced on Friday he's filed a bill in an effort to increase the residence homestead ...
Nearly 900 Texas children are waitlisted for a mental health program billed as an alternative to foster care
Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages.
Rice University among Texas schools facing uncertainty on research funding amid federal DEI ban
Rice University is on a list of institutions that might be targeted for civil rights investigations stemming from a federal ban on diversity, equity and inclusion. The most prominent U.S. higher ...
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Texas senate passes SB2 to create education savings accounts for private and homeschool funding
Yesterday, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 2, which introduces Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to help fund private and homeschool education using public tax dollars.
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 ...