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"...Four months after his veto of health benefits funding for Texas' community colleges caused an uproar, Gov. Rick..."

"...Responding to growing evidence that East Austin charter school Texas Academy of Excellence faced total financial meltdown, the..."

"...put a push behind a key red-meat issue like school choice, be it vouchers or private school tax credits...."

"...Abbott and the Texas Education Agency are not allowing school districts to require masks on campus or COVID testing,..."

"...many beautiful sounds heard around the University of Texas School of Music through the years, surely one of the..."

"...Those activists are turning out on the ballots of school board races, where opposition to masks, vaccine mandates, and..."

"...W. Kocurek Memorial Austin Convention Center, the neighboring Palm School, the Travis County Expo Center, and the city and..."

"...City lawyers have moved to seize the Montopolis Negro School from KEEP Invest­ment Group's Austin Stowell through an eminent..."

"...a curious logic in its latest defense of the school finance system, arguing that the Texas Supreme Court cannot..."

"...on the boards of trustees for the Austin Independent School District and Austin Community College – with a rundown..."

"...Taxes, finance, vouchers, graduation paths, "parent triggers," and community schools: Lawmakers have filed a broad slate of education bills,..."

"...Two bills marking the largest reform of public-school accountability and financing since No Child Left Behind are..."

"...The Austin Independent School Dis­trict Board of Trustees will be selecting a new..."

"...will feature materials for families and students in grade school as well as on the university level. This donation..."

"...the early days of the COVID pandemic, the conference's school-focused opening act is back to discuss the main challenges..."

"...3) This is the community college music trade school complex that Austin deserves...."

"...That statement has left the Texas Association of School Boards (and this is their official position) "baffled" as..."

"...as home-owning families struggle to pay. The Austin Independent School District's nine-month teacher compensation (average $43,400 plus health care..."

"...list of pro-voucher contributors to lawmakers who have filed school voucher legislation or taken a leadership position in favor..."

"...Two lawmakers used last week's ongoing debate over school finance as a well-timed opportunity to pitch an income..."

"...hours after Kendall Pace resigned from the Austin Independent School Dis­trict's Board of Trustees, her former colleagues voted to..."

"...can be used for performing arts groups along with school functions such as speech competitions. “We wanted to make..."

"...out the "kids who don't want to go to school"? Most kids struggling are the ones who need it..."

"...with Austin ISD late last month to help the school district confront its recurrent budgetary shortfalls. That inevitably means..."

"...reasonable people, attempting to get a group of elementary school kids to produce an hourlong musical in only six..."

"...back. That's how Texas lawmakers have treated the state's school finance system, and now even the chair of the..."

"...and the Capitol might actually accomplish some progress on school funding, health care, transportation ......"

"...As the COVID-19 crisis continues, the Austin Independent School District board of trustees is turning its eyes toward..."

"...pretending he wants to do something constructive about public school finance may be getting to Gov. Perry. Recently, he..."

"...Just a quick note to all you public school parents who are busy setting up "learning pods" or..."