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KERA News · 3m

Texas House unveils its private school voucher bill

Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student from the state and local sources.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1h

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 for.

Houston Public Media · 9h

New Texas teacher pay bill proposes increasing certain salaries by as much as $10,000

Last school year, the average teacher in Texas made thousands of dollars less than teachers in other states. A nearly $5 billion bill filed Tuesday in the Legislature seeks to provide across-the-board raises and put more money toward bonuses.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott makes case for 'school choice' plan

Newsweek on MSN · 5h

Greg Abbott Defends Plan To Overhaul Texas Education

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged to implement a private school voucher-style program on Wednesday during an address to conservative activists in Austin. The governor said the legislation, which has divided Texas Republicans and previously failed in the state House, would help the state become "No. 1 for educating our kids."

Dallas Morning News on MSN · 21h

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott makes case for ‘school choice’ plan at conservative gathering

AUSTIN, Texas − As tensions rise over a GOP-led effort to create a private school voucher-like program in Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott addressed critics of his chief policy goal Wednesday in front of a gathering of grassroots conservatives in Austin.

KRLD Radio Dallas on MSN · 5h

Gov. Abbott says school choice fight nears the end as Texas Senate passes voucher bill

Texas lawmakers have spent years arguing over school choice, and the state senate has passed a bill this year. Governor Greg Abbott believes the end of the fight is near.

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Will Texas get casinos and sports betting? That fight is underway at the Legislature

Eager to reverse a string of defeats at the Texas Legislature, pro-gambling forces are bringing a new strategy to the quest ...

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Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to state and local funding

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN39m

Overhaul of schools’ STAAR test proposed by Texas House bill

House Bill 4, by State Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, would also expand the Texas Education Agency’s powers to sanction school ...

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The Texas Anti-SLAPP Law May Be Neutered For All The Wrong Reasons

Proposed legislative changes to the Texas Anti-SLAPP Citizens Participation Act would hurt those seeking to assert their free ...

Texas Lottery concerns: Bill filed to ban app, Internet purchase of lotto tickets

More Texas officials have joined calls for an evaluation of the Texas Lottery after a controversial $83.5 million ticket was ...

Texas lawmaker's bail reform bill package heads to House after easy path through Senate

The Texas Senate has passed a trio of proposals that would tighten rules around bail in Texas. Earlier this month, Gov. Greg ...

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Texas infrastructure fares better than U.S. average but needs major investment: report

Here's why the country's foremost society of civil engineers found that Texas' public infrastructure is at risk of ...

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Texas Legislature expected to vote on statewide cellphone ban at public schools

Students spend an average of 5+ hours a day on social media with 20 notifications an hour on average, according to the bill's ...

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