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House’s priority proposal that would let families use public funds for their children’s private schooling diverges from the ...

House filed legislation Thursday that would increase the amount of funding public schools receive per student by $220, a ...

Children in public schools in Texas could be taking a redesigned standardized test as early as next year under a proposal ...

The Texas House has created the Delivery of Government Efficiency (Texas DOGE) Committee, chaired by Rep. Giovanni ...

SB 26 expands the Teacher Inventive Allotment (TIA), a merit-based pay program that gives bonuses to top-performing teachers ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...

Under the roughly $5 billion proposal, public school teachers would be guaranteed raises in their third and fifth years in ...

The bipartisan panel aims to tackle inefficiencies, modernize services, and boost transparency in agencies within the Lone ...

Nacogdoches, became a member of two House committees last week alongside other legislators following one of the longest ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged to implement a private school voucher-style program on Wednesday during an address to conservative activists in Austin. The governor said the legislation, which has ...

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families ...