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"...Monday, the Legislature wrapped up a special session on school finance a day early, and Gov. Rick Perry declared,..."

"...past the nominal Oct. 1 deadline, last month's 7-1 school finance decision of the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court remained..."

"...legislative session in January with a plan to increase funding for the Alliance School program. Midway through the session..."

"...reform of the state's tax structure, significant cuts in school property taxes, an end to "Robin Hood" public school..."

"...there's a poster child for what's best about Texas school kids, she could be Regan Lively. With a slight..."

"...Does anyone really know what's happening with school finance reform? Quick answer, no, but if there is..."

"...there were three documents. There was the Austin Independent School District's Facility Master Plan, being developed by a district..."

"...30 days at the special legislative session on public school finance that opened this week at the Capitol, Texans..."

"...In a climate incredibly doubtful of the public school system's effectiveness, the Visiting Teachers have been able to..."

"...to return more decision-making power to parents and local school authorities, which they hoped would encourage some innovation in..."

"...Property tax relief and increasing school funding were two of very few priorities that Democratic..."

"...discussion following passage of the Texas Legislature's $6.5 billion school finance plan, House Bill 3, which clarifies some of..."

"...2016 opening of a full-service University of Texas medical school...."

"...to salvage what's left of another failed session on school finance, the Senate on Tuesday passed a new version..."

"...in 2003 are now invoking poor kids to justify school vouchers? Poor kids, indeed. Put in that light, the..."

"...School district officials across Texas got their first look at..."

"...The Legislature knows how much it will spend on schools – now the Austin Independent School District, and every..."

"...Court delivered an eagerly anticipated but mixed ruling on school finance: It upheld state District Judge John Dietz's 2004..."

"...dueling spending reports presented this week at the ongoing school-finance trial...."

"...the Convention Center — community groups representing the Palm School, homeless services, artists, and musicians declared their opposition to..."

"...it." Nevertheless, after running through the work-in-progress on public school funding, on health care, and on transportation, he cautioned,..."

"...the mayor's campaign will not wilt for lack of funding. Who's the Establishment?..."

"...the public needs it ignored: nearly a third of school districts with less per-pupil funding than before the 2011..."

"...112th co-sponsor of H.R. 1810, which would end congressional funding for the U.S. Army's School of the Americas. The..."

"...Budget cuts are coming to Austin’s public schools next year, but will they impact students? Austin ISD..."

"...succeeded in passing HB 100, which would have increased schools' state funding per student served. Because a lot of..."

"...venues who have applied for any sort of disaster funding put that funding in jeopardy by coming out with..."

"...is one undoubted point of constant consensus: The state's school finance system is critically broken. After failing to achieve..."

"...this morning is the Senate's deliberate capsizing of the school finance bill, House Bill 21. The result of two..."

"...she decided to make a film about Brooklyn’s Intermediate School 318’s competitive chess team...."