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Both the House and Senate budget proposals currently allocate $1 billion for education savings accounts.
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State Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) met with local superintendents from Angelina County last week to discuss education issues ahead of the 89th Legislature. He released a statement on his opposition of Senate Bill 2 Wednesday night.
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Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
State leaders on Thursday praised the Texas Senate for its swift passage of a school voucher bill that breezed through the upper chamber a day earlier after hours of debate over the legislation, which proposes to give up to $11,500 in public money to students who attend private schools.
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Texas Senate’s school voucher proposal would give families $10K to fund private school
AUSTIN, Texas — Texans are getting their first look at a bill lawmakers hope to pass this legislative session to create a school choice program.
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Dustin Burrows says he has votes to be Texas House speaker after David Cook wins GOP caucus vote
Burrows claims the support of a coalition of Republicans and Democrats, while Cook has the endorsement of the GOP caucus.
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The proposed relief would be split between a homestead exemption increase and school district tax rate compression. State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), who chairs the committee, oversaw its first hearing of the 89th Legislature on Tuesday. After the hearing, members voted 6-0 to advance the proposed increases to the state’s homestead exemption and school tax rate compression.
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As Texas gets redder, John Cornyn could face toughest primary season of his career
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, polling shows.
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The proposal follows Gov. Abbott’s November executive order to “harden state systems” against the Chinese government.-
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Texas Gov. Abbott wants school district investigated after a transgender discussion on hidden camera
DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott called for criminal and civil investigations into Irving Independent School District after a hidden-camera video showed a school administrator discussing transgender students playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity despite the state’s ban.
Texas House bill would ban cellphones in schools: ‘Kids are facing a mental health crisis’
Modeled by a national and statewide trend to lessen instances of bullying and keep students focused in schools, an Austin-area legislator is seeking to ban cellphones in Texas classrooms.
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The New York Stock Exchange has announced its plans to launch NYSE Texas, a fully electronic stock exchange based in Dallas.
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The Texas Senate has proposed injecting a staggering half a billion dollars into film production, as economists and fiscal hawks question the return on investment.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says vouchers could lead to less funding for public schools
In his push for private school vouchers, Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly emphasized he has no intention of harming public schools. But the Texas Republican this week acknowledged that his priority policy would in fact result in public schools losing money.
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Texas migrant shelters are nearly empty after Trump’s actions effectively shut the border
The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting some asylum claims.
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Republican bill would increase penalties for illegal border crossers evading arrest
Republicans in Congress introduced a bill to increase penalties for illegal border crossers who evade arrest.
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Critics of Texas House leadership spent big in this year’s speaker’s race. They fought years for that chance.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House leadership race, allowing for more political mudslinging and raising questions about ethics rules. Voters in state Rep. Cody Harris’ East Texas district were flooded with text messages the week before the legislative session kicked off. The barrage of attacks accused the Palestine Republican of colluding with Democrats to elect a speaker of the Texas House. “A small group of Republican Texas House members are trying to cut a deal with a majority Democrat coalition to elect a speaker who will kill our conservative policies” said one text, which included a disclosure that it was paid for by the Republican Party of Texas. “Unfortunately, your Representative Cody Harris decided to ignore the Trump mandate and is working with the Democrats to stop the GOP nominee.”
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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight saving time.
Lawmakers here and in Washington have long debated ending the practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
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By the time lawmakers called it quits on the last legislative session the relationship between the state’s top three leaders – Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan – had hit rock bottom.
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With vouchers fast-tracked, other Texas public education issues to watch this session
From teacher pay and preparation to special education and DEI, here are issues Texas lawmakers are prioritizing this legislative session.
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Both efforts were endorsed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and were listed among his top 25 priorities for the legislative session.
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The ALA has faced criticism for its opposition to restrictions on inappropriate materials in children’s libraries.
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Google Maps, FAA officially acknowledges Gulf of America after Trump declaration: ‘Isn’t it beautiful?’
The name change from the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" began rolling out across the U.S. on Monday, just a month after President Donald Trump announced his intention to Americanize the name.
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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown
Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.
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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.
Lawmakers here and in Washington have long debated ending the practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
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Creighton, with help from other Republicans, attempted to correct the record on taxpayer-funded lobbying, per-pupil funding, and other topics related to school choice.
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Donald Trump Warns Texas House on School Choice: ‘I Will Be Watching Them Closely
The president offers strong praise for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate.
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They urge lawmakers to move the funding toward public school needs, suggesting school facility needs in Helene-affected counties and tutoring.
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It was another busy week in Austin, and it was a pleasure to welcome more constituents from House District 9 to your Texas State Capitol. Among those who made the long drive from Deep East Texas were folks from Angelina, Polk, San Augustine and Trinity counties representing the Texas Wildlife Association, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas, the Lumberman’s Association of Texas and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
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In a 19-12 vote, Texas senators passed their first bill of the 89th legislative session, Senate Bill 2, Feb. 5. The proposal by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, now heads to the Texas House.
SB 2 proposes spending $1 billion annually for education savings accounts, which families could use to help cover the costs of private education. About 100,000 students would qualify for the program, Creighton said.
“Across Texas public schools, despite the hard work of our teachers that we value and respect so much and the billions of dollars we spend in our state budget, many students are feeling left behind,” Creighton said on the Senate floor. “That is unacceptable.”
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Texas Senate Passes School Choice Legislation, Sending it to the House .
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The governor said the state resources are available to the federal government and requested that the U.S. reimburse Texas for the border hardening measures under Operation Lone Star.
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Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday. Under Senate Bill 2, families could receive $10,000 a year per student in public taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s tuition at an accredited private school and other expenses like textbooks, transportation and therapy. The legislation would provide $11,500 per student for children with disabilities. It also would provide at least $2,000 a year per student for home-schooling families who participate in the program. Home-schooling students with disabilities could receive $2,500 a year for therapy, a provision lawmakers added into the bill Wednesday. Families would receive the money through state-managed education savings accounts.
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Houston Chronicle Editorial: Senate’s school voucher bill got a lot right. But they’re still wrong for Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott is ready to allow online sports betting in Texas.
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Abbott earmarks session priorities, calls on Texas Lege to be ‘guardians of freedom’
At a heated and highly politicized higher education hearing in November, just two months before the new Texas legislative session got started, one interim charge seemed to garner rare resounding agreement: K-12 student pathways to higher education must be improved.
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Gov. Greg Abbott sticks by school choice plan without blanket increase in money for Texas schools
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott insisted Monday that he would accept nothing less than a robust, universal school choice voucher program, and he resisted calls to join the plan with blanket increases in public school funding.
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