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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 ...

Lawrence Nelson, a 52-year-old with learning disabilities, was determined to become a better reader, completing a course ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student ...