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school finance

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

Keep Reading

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

Apr 01, 2013

Under Senate Budget, Per-Student Funding Would Drop Next Two Years

by Liz Farmer

Feb 25, 2013

Photos from the Save Texas Schools Rally

by Patrick Michels and Beth Cortez-Neavel

David Simpson Feb 11, 2013

David Simpson and Democrats Agree: Fix School Finance Now

by Liz Farmer

Travis County District Judge John Dietz Feb 04, 2013

Judge Rules School Finance System Unconstitutional, Case Heads to Texas Supreme Court

by Patrick Michels

Jan 10, 2013

Will the Lege Spend Any of That Surplus on Schools? ‘Don’t Get Greedy,’ Dewhurst Says

Dewhurst: 'Odds are that whatever the courts decide will mean more money that the state will put in'

by Olivia Messer

On School Finance, Texas Republicans Still Say Less is More

by Patrick Michels

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