Tag Archives: Dan Huberty
The Cost of Carve-Outs
Lawmakers passed an omnibus school finance and property tax reform bill this session, but didn’t include a way to pay for it past 2021. One place to look: corporate tax breaks.
Just before Memorial Day weekend, lawmakers inked an $11.6 billion school finance and property tax reform package. The passage of House Bill 3, which includes a...Read More
Truancy Decriminalization Bill Could Squeak Through Legislature
After a long stand-off between the House and Senate, a last-minute compromise may save the prospects of truancy reform, which has gained broad bipartisan suppor...Read More
Tea Party Lawmakers Fight Modest Increase to Pre-K Funding
Update: House Bill 4 got final approval in the House on Thursday, 128-17-2, and is headed to the Senate. Original: Debate over funding for pre-K programs heated...Read More
Enough is Enough: Texas Lawmakers Consider More Limits to Standardized Testing
Two years after scaling back high school testing, Texas lawmakers are considering more cuts to elementary tests, and studying whether the tests are worthwhile....Read More
Lawmakers Debate Half-Day vs. Full-Day Pre-K
Texas legislators of all political stripes have agreed on at least one thing during the 84th legislative session: the need to expand the state’s limited p...Read More
Following Abbott’s Lead, House Members Propose Pre-K Grants
$100 million program would stop short of funding full-day pre-kindergarten
House leadership unveiled a response to one of Gov. Greg Abbott's emergency items for the session, a $100 million plan to reward quality pre-K programs. But ear...Read More
Dan Patrick Says Texas Should Follow Louisiana’s Lead on School Choice and Local Control
"When someone says ‘I’m not for vouchers, I’m not for tax credit,'" Patrick said. "It’s not about the students, it’s about protecting superintendents,...Read More
