Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills

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 districts. It would allow the agency to take action against districts with low accountability ratings as well as those that sue the state.
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 House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills: 'One size does not fit all'
Texas House lawmakers filed a sweep of education-related legislation Thursday including a school voucher proposal and a funding bill that would invest $8 billion in public education. The bills are the House’s answer to the Texas Senate’s swift action early this session to advance education legislation,
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.
Texas lawmakers look to pass school vouchers, boost school funding
Education is a major focus of the Texas Legislature this year, from teacher pay and training to tuition support for private education and homeschooling. Why it matters: Republican lawmakers' approach to education could harm public schools even as the legislators look to direct more money toward classrooms.
'A new era': TEA replaces South San ISD superintendent, trustees after decades of dysfunction
The Texas Education Agency has appointed a board of managers and a new superintendent to oversee the South San Antonio ...
Lawmaker files bill to eliminate Texas Education Agency, says he wants STAAR testing to end
We're following new legislation to abolish the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and eliminate the position of commissioner of ...
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Texas Education Agency replaces superintendent, elected board at South San Antonio ISD
The state intervention followed years of investigations into governance issues, including infighting and gridlock on the ...
Texas lawmaker files bill to abolish the Texas Education Agency
The TEA has seen several sweeping reforms since its creation. In 1984, the Texas Legislature passed what is commonly known as House Bill 72. The bill gave teachers a pay raise, revamped public school ...
Could the Texas Education Agency cease to exist? This new bill may allow it.
State Rep. Andy Hopper files bill to abolish the Texas Education Agency, transferring its powers to the State Board of ...
Proposal to give Texas teachers a pay raise moves another step closer
SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA) a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers ...
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Gov. Abbott orders TEA probe of Houston school for calling a student by chosen name and pronouns
Gov. Greg Abbott said he demanded that the state’s education agency investigate a Houston high school whose teachers were ...
South San ISD given chance for turnaround as Texas replaces school board
The Texas Education Agency made a sound decision in replacing the South San Antonio Independent School District’s elected ...