Perry Poisons Education Funding

How will Texas schools fare without federal education money?

"...unravel the current fight between the U.S. Department of Education and Gov. Rick Perry over emergency public school funding...."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Education Funding May Require Special Session

Lawmakers at impasse over school finance

"...one knows how much the state will spend on education or how it will slice up the funding, and..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House to Address Education Funding

Speaker Joe Straus sets school finance as interim item

"...head, there would be no impetus to fix a funding process that even the justices admitted is substandard...."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Does Business Really Hate Education?

It's way past time for some new voices on education policy

"...two board seats and about a half-billion dollars in funding proposals (yes, that's a "B"). The League of Women..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...likely to receive a delayed $830 million in school funding under the federal Education Jobs bill. Yet lawmakers still..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...The Texas Senate Education Committee voted 8-0-3 to advance a fleshed out version..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Community College Funding Crisis Resolved

Deal restores $154 million Perry vetoed in June.

"...they had found a solution to the community college funding crisis caused in June by Perry's ham-handed veto of..."

Oct. 23, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...have also become walking, talking metaphors for what Texas education does wrong. The figures laid out at the rally..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Opens Arts Education Grant Application Window

Nineteen $25,000 grants being offered to nonprofits

"...no secret that, between COVID and reduced corporate giving, funding for nonprofits has taken a hit, especially in the..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

11th Hour School Funding Bill Adds Abbott's Voucher Plan

Democrats in the House ain't gonna like it

"...a Senate committee replaced the House of Representatives’ school funding bill, HB 100, with one of their own...."

May 23, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Texas House Funnels HIV Funds to Abstinence Education

House passes measure diverting HIV funds to abstinence education

"...divert $3 million from HIV/STD prevention programs to abstinence-only education sailed through the House during Tuesday’s marathon debate over..."

April 1, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

A-to-Z Guide to Education in 1999

"...and Audits. This was the first year the Texas Education Agency rated school districts "unacceptable" for submitting unreliable student..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Texas Teachers Rally at Capitol for More Funding

Educators show qualified support for HB 3's "Texas Plan"

"...their plans to bolster teacher pay and increase state funding for public schools, hundreds of teachers gathered at the..."

March 12, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Coalition to Advocate for Increased Family Planning Funding

Full funding will increase state savings

"...questions persist about the future of women's health care funding – and there's a new player in town ready..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...system, it's one of the most significant pieces of education legislation in decades...."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ingalls Angles Education Board Bid

Former mayoral candidate Josiah Ingalls to run for SBOE seat

"...As if Texas' State Board of Education was wanting for excitement: perennial-candidate-in-the-making Josiah Ingalls has announced..."

Sept. 8, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Braces Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing ideology and clownery, could..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left

Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel

"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing ideology and clownery, could..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Republicans Play Defense on Education

Their strategy? Find someone else to blame.

"...From education funding to student testing, the Texas public school system..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Don Zimmerman Files Suit Against City Over Abortion Services Funding

It's unclear if the former council member remembers Roe v. Wade

"...City Council passed a budget that includes first-in-the-nation city funding to help residents connect with abortion support services, former..."

Sept. 12, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Education: Dialing for Dollars

School funding remains unconstitutional: Will the Lege act?

"...their already-limited property tax coffers. In a Dec. 2 education symposium at the Capitol, Raise Your Hand Texas CEO..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Preschool Funding Loophole has Tax Dollars Going to Religious Schools. Who Benefits?

Private school partnerships boost district enrollment

"...lost revenue to public schools, concerns about taxpayer money funding religious education also play a significant role. Opponents to..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Higher Ed Funding: Congress comes to ACC

Looking at new methods to distribute federal education funds earmarked for historically black- and Hispanic-serving colleges and universities, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa hosts hearing on ACC Eastview campus

"...of Texas – is the growing gateway to higher education for minority students in Austin-area school districts. Statistics show..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?

Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk

"...school finance reforms were permanent (and long overdue), the funding stream was not, and with the Legislature now facing..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Texas Education Agency on the Money

Budget cuts coming to state public schools. Sound familiar?

"...The Texas Education Agency will seek about $3.5 billion less in funding..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

An Education Only a Boss Could Love

Public schools lurch a little closer to privatization with HB 2

"...The House education bill introduced last week drew instant criticism from teachers..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Texas School Funding

Still unconstitutional

"...state property tax. Moreover, the end result violates the education clause of the Texas constitution, requiring that the state..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Price of an Education

As the Lege looms, don't bet the house on new money for schools

"...Gov. Rick Perry weighed in on public education last week, first in his own voice and then..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Lawmakers Agree to Improve School Funding

Full-day pre-K, financial assistance, and more to support the state's public schools

"...to help educate the state's most vulnerable students, and funding for districts that want to implement merit pay programs..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fed School Funding

Teachers' unions say Race to the Top places too much emphasis on testing

"...application – despite months of preparation by the Texas Education Agency. Perry's political opponents call his decision to reject..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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