Judge: Texas School Finance System Unconstitutional

Now what? Legislators, education advocates and think tanks respond

"...John Dietz finally released his ruling yesterday on the Texas public school finance system, it was no surprise to..."

Feb. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Court Rules Texas School Finance Unconstitutional

Dietz says current system fails students, must be rebuilt

"...In a long-awaited turn for Texas education, Judge John Dietz today issued his final ruling..."

Aug. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas School Funding

Still unconstitutional

"...terrible case of déjà vu. In 2004, he told Texas lawmakers that the state's public school-finance system failed to..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Finance on Trial

Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours

"...Attorney General's office will have 45 minutes before the Texas Supreme Court to undermine Judge John Dietz's 2014 ruling..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Lawsuits Multiply

Three groups of Texas school districts are suing the state over the public school finance system

"...June, when the Legislature passed the latest round of school finance reforms, there was one question pending in the..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

School Finance Back in Dietz's Court

Eight years after Dietz ruled for massive reform, school finance returns

"...In 2004, Judge John Dietz's ruling on the Texas' public school finance system lead lawmakers to make massive..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dietz Rules Against School Finance System

Judge rules school finance unconstitutional

"...Texas' school finance system is unconstitutional. That was the blunt..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dietz Stays on School Finance Suit

Hail Mary play by AG Abbott fails to force judicial recusal

"...Dietz remains presiding over the challenge to the state's school finance suits...."

June 24, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TSTEM Coalition Steps in at Mendez

A plan to save a school

"...The Texas Education Agency approved a partnership last week between Mendez..."

July 13, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Multicultural Refugee Coalition Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Roots in Austin

Texas transplants find space to grow

"...This historic farmland in the freedmen's town of Littig, Texas – a small, eastern Travis County community established in..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...personal political event was in progress up in East Texas. In the auditorium of Frankston High School in Anderson..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Fate of School Finance Delayed

A new timeline to sort out school finance may push resolution to 2016

"...84th Legislature was supposed to be the session where Texas politicians took on the thorny issue of school finance...."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her resignation, effective..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Campaign: Davis Returns to School

Team Wendy working on changing narrative

"...trail this week, the subjects at issue were a Texas smorgasbord: public school funding, medical marijuana, "third-world" insults, and..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Greg Abbott’s Private School Voucher Plans Stay Dead

Promise not to promise this anymore, Guv?

"...a breakthrough on “education savings accounts,” otherwise known as school vouchers, ever since the Texas Legislature’s special session began..."

Nov. 6, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Back-to-School Brings New COVID-19 Records

Let there be masks

"...on-campus learning having barely just begun for most Austin-area school districts, local health officials are already seeing the impact..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Davis Calls for School Funding Settlement

Says AG Abbott is "defending the indefensible"

"...Greg Abbott, to "move to settle" the current public school funding lawsuit. "Now is the time to end this..."

Feb. 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Texas Bathroom Bill Battle Officially Begins

Sen. Kolkhorst has filed the Texas Privacy Act

"...has his bathroom bill. Senate Bill 6, labeled the “Texas Privacy Act,” was filed Thursday, Jan. 5 by Sen...."

Jan. 5, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Climate Strike at the Texas State Capitol

Students and supporters to “act on climate crisis”

"...Strike" – will gather at the Capitol “to urge Texas politicians to act on the climate crisis.”..."

Sept. 19, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Election Coverage: The Texas Lege: A Tight Squeeze

Texas Dems put incumbents through the wringer

"...threatened the status quo, making the top of the Texas ticket competitive after 20 years of routine Republican dominance...."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Still Leads Nation in Executions

New death sentences continue to decline & exonerations keep coming

"...Only nine new death sentences were handed out in Texas this year, a 76% decline since 2002, according to..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

AISD Ends T-STEM Partnership at Mendez Middle School

District will decide how to move forward in a vote later this month

"...The operators of Austin ISD's first in-district charter school have run out of time to boost performance at..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

AISD Readies for School, Sports, Elections, and Red Ink

Students go back to class and sports Sept. 8 and more district news

"...(old) CFO in town, Austin kids go back to school and sports, and the election race is heating up...."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...Two weeks ago, when the Texas Education Agency released district and campus scores as part..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

School Finance: A Timeline

"...1854: Texas lawmakers establish system of free ("adequate" and "equitable") Texas..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature

Signs of Trouble and of Hope at Mendez Middle School

In-district charter seeks to turn around a campus’ longtime struggles

"...Eight months ago, Mendez Middle School in Southeast Austin was taken over by an in-district..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Charter School Earns an F

The Texas Academy of Excellence fails accounting (and ethics)

"...The Texas Education Agency has no idea what the Texas Academy..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Texas Lege Defeats Abbott’s Voucher Plan – Again

Meanwhile, harsh immigration bill succeeds

"...in April did so again, joining Democrats in the Texas House to kill Gov. Greg Abbott's signature priority Nov...."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

School Finance Before the Texas Supreme Court

The State Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling before the end of the year

"...The state of Texas is applying a curious logic in its latest defense..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional

Court ruling ends five-week trial with a mandate to Legislature to design a new system

"...Dietz concluded a five-and-half-week trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance. Following a brief recess..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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