Texas Senate unanimously passes $4.3 billion teacher pay boost bill
The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would invest $4.3 billion over two years in teacher pay increases ...
Texas senators threaten no new university funding until schools fully comply with DEI ban
The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are ...
Despite legislative ban, Texas public universities still implementing DEI policies
Despite a state legislative ban, Texas public universities are still implementing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion ...
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Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban
In a letter, Sens. Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt said they found “numerous” violations of the law, but didn’t ...
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Texas senators consider ‘parental rights’ bills to end DEI in schools
Bills before a Senate education committee would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in public K-12 schools and ...
Vouchers promise a lifeline for students with special needs. Will they benefit — or be left behind?
About 70 private schools in Texas have identified themselves in self-reported data as having specialized programs for ...
Survey: Majority polled, including Black Texans, support ESA becoming reality
A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, ...
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Texas Senate debates proposals to purge DEI from public education
Texas Republicans aim to remove diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in all areas of public education from ...
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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.
Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block ...
Republican lawmaker files bills to ban DEI in Texas K-12 public schools
A top Texas senator filed legislation Monday that would extend the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ...
Texas lawmakers hear hours of testimony on DEI ban in K-12 public schools, library bill
The Senate Education committee left all 11 bills it considered on Thursday pending in committee and did not vote to advance any to the Senate floor.
Will Texas schools be equipped to teach special needs students in voucher era?
Critics warn that vouchers would leave behind students with special needs in a public system that is already severely underfunded and understaffed.