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"...• $125 million increase in school funding that still leaves the state $4 billion short..."

"...Tonight at Akins High School, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has organized a..."

"...The Senate Public Education Committee began work on school finance on Tuesday, giving clues that the committee may..."

"...legislative proposal, which he said would eliminate the current funding recapture system ("Robin Hood"), add $2.5 billion in new..."

"...on higher education. The study focused on how this funding disparity impacts African-American males. Nationwide, JPI found that over..."

"...authored and fought for bills that would redirect public school funding to pay for private school tuition. One of..."

"...to take action, should an armed intruder enter our school...."

"...the 2006 bond election, continued to oppose additional city funding, and have since complained that the project is unnecessary,..."

"...Texas has been in court over inadequate and inequitable school funding literally for decades, and this year is no..."

"...about the heavy influence of "accountability testing" in public schools. (The new Texas Education Commissioner, Michael Williams, announced last..."

"...If Texans want their independent school districts to stay independent, they must fight for them...."

"...sum that Congress intended. AISD, along with every other school district in Texas, was supposed to get a big..."

"...Rep. Todd Baxter, who has been defending the Eanes school district from the leveling ravages of Robin Hood. "What..."

"...would have languished in congestion for decades before traditional funding could catch up to our transportation needs...."

"...million worth of expensive tech equipment). The county and school district are also making favorable noises about a Home..."

"...issues, stressing the importance of working for more equitable funding of education, better pay and benefits for teachers, affordable..."

"...her off at 6:30 in the morning, but the school is telling him that she is tardy when the..."

"...created was legal "education" or illegal "promotion." Subsequently, the school superintendent quit, and an ethics complaint filed against a..."

"...Jane is a straight-A high school student enrolled in a U.S. government course offered by..."

"...saying to people that it is astounding how the school board is held accountable for what happens to every..."

"...the red-carpet treatment (complete with free brochures!) at the School of the Americas. photograph by Andy McKenna It must..."

"...voters across the state welcomed the Christian Coalition onto school boards everywhere, and the nationwide debate on how to..."

"...first day as head of the University of Texas’ School of Civic Leadership, a newly created college tied to..."

"...3) are set to take their seats on the school board. The other two races on the ballot will..."

"...House Bill 3, last session's historic $11.6 billion public school finance bill that increased teacher pay while cutting property..."

"...basically two camps. One side wants to maintain public schools as a common good overseen by democratically elected school..."

"...issued last year … after the Santa Fe High School episode, in our ongoing list of brand-named mass shootings...."

"...and state crackdowns, lobbying for DACA and immigration reform, funding legal defense of immigrants .... None of it nearly..."

"...linked issues of skyrocketing property taxes and a broken school finance system, traffic congestion, and groundwater conservation...."

"...The Texas public school finance system is broken, but not so badly broken..."