House Approves Major Bill Cutting Testing, Adding Career Focus to Degree Plans
After hearing more than 100 amendments, only Rep. Mark Strama (Austin-D) and Rep. Naomi Gonzalez (El Paso-D) voted against HB 5.
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Debate on School Testing Bill Heats Up Over College Readiness
After a lengthy debate, lawmakers may have settled the most divisive question facing them in today’s school testing bill debate: whether high school students should, by default, be placed on a pathways to college preparation.
House Makes Good on its IOUs with HB 10
The Texas House passed HB 10 Thursday, which injects $4.5 billion into the budget for Texas’ Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs
Bill Would Release Old STAAR Tests Annually To Help Teachers Prepare
When Texas debuted its much-maligned STAAR test last school year, some of the harshest criticisms came from teachers, who complained they’d been given little guidance about [...]
Strama Bill Would Pay Childcare Centers More for High Marks on State Evaluation
For years, state Rep. Mark Strama has been searching for ways to improve Texas’ network of child care providers, and make it easier for [...]