Could Bills Allowing Teacher Furloughs and Pay Cuts Prompt Unionization?
"When you wind up with home rule school districts—your teachers, when they start losing bargaining rights are going to wind up organizing," says education commissioner.
Abby Rapoport
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Could Bills Allowing Teacher Furloughs and Pay Cuts Prompt Unionization?
"Your teachers, when they start losing bargaining rights, are going to wind up organizing," says the state commissioner of education.
Could Bills Allowing Teacher Furloughs and Pay Cuts Prompt Unionization?
"When you wind up with home rule school districts—your teachers, when they start losing bargaining rights are going to wind up organizing," says education commissioner.
Relative “Heroism”: The Senate’s Plan to Cut Just $4 Billion from Schools
Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee passed an education finance plan giving schools significantly more than the House budget
$5 Billion Found in the Senate Couch Cushions [Updated]
"This is a one time fix," says Sen. Robert Duncan of his list of potential revenue.
As Their Teachers Get Laid Off, Students Stage Protests
Students at Keller ISD and Katy ISD aren't taking teacher layoffs lying down. They're also not likely to be the only ones protesting.
Uresti Defends Sonogram Compromise
"In order to pass a bill you have to compromise as well," says the senator, "and so do I."
The Band-Aid for the Business Tax Bullethole
The business franchise tax doesn't work. But while a Senate leader argues for reform, the House Ways and Means Committee considers making exemptions permanent.
School Daze
Education funding is grossly inadequate and unfair. But can legislators fix a system that almost nobody understands?
[Updated] Sonogram’s 24-Hr Provision to Exempt Rural Counties
The deal between House members and one Senate Democrat has paved the way for the controversial legislation