Austin—Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 26, Increasing Teacher Pay, by Sen.
“Today, the Texas Senate passed SB 26 to allocate more state funding for teacher salaries. SB 26 aims to elevate the teaching profession in Texas by establishing a strong compensation framework to ...
Critics warn that vouchers would leave behind students with special needs in a public system that is already ...
About 70 private schools in Texas have identified themselves in self-reported data as having specialized programs for ...
A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, ...
Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block ...
Bills before a Senate education committee would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in public K-12 schools and ...
The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are ...
Conroe, will also invest more money into the existing Teacher Incentive Allotment program, which is meant to reward ...
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State senators are threatening to withhold funding increases to public colleges and universities that cannot prove they are ...