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School Closures Are Escalating Across Texas. ‘It’s Not a Local Failure.’

State funding and policy have fallen short, advocates say, and the consequences are not confined to your backyard.

by Josephine Lee

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Texas School Districts Slam the Senate’s School Finance Plan

by Josephine Lee

House Committee Passes ‘Texas Two Step’ of Vouchers and Public Ed Funding

by Josephine Lee

The Cost of Carve-Outs

by Justin Miller

Sep 02, 2015

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Most Epic School Finance Showdown Yet

by Patrick Michels

Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen) Apr 15, 2015

Mixed Reactions for House School Finance Fix

by Patrick Michels

House Public Education Committee Chairman Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen) Apr 07, 2015

Is This the Complicated Answer to Our Even More Complicated School Finance System?

by Patrick Michels

House Public Education Committee Chairman Jimmie Don Aycock (R-Killeen) Mar 25, 2015

House Leadership Backs School Finance Improvements

by Patrick Michels

Sep 02, 2014

Everything You Need To Know About the Texas School Finance Ruling

by Patrick Michels

Travis County District Judge John Dietz Aug 28, 2014

Judge on Texas’ School Funding: Yep, Still Not Enough

by Patrick Michels

Jul 29, 2014

A New Agenda for Texas’ Hispanic-Majority Schools

by Patrick Michels

The New School Finance Picture

by Patrick Michels

May 16, 2013

Up Against Deadline, Democrats Blame Perry for Tanking Budget Deal

by Liz Farmer

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