With vouchers fast-tracked, other Texas public education issues to watch this session
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Texas Senate panel approves $140,000 property tax homestead exemption
Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send two bills to the ...
Drew Landry: The new definition of low-income families
A family that makes six figures a year is considered low-income by SB2. No matter how many times that phrase is repeated, it ...
State Senator, East Texas business owner speak on SB 82’s concealed-carry liability
Senate Bill 82 would hold businesses liable for damages if they do not allow concealed carry. Michael Richardson speaks with ...
Superintendents from Bryan, College Station ISDs head to Austin to fight school voucher bill
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Superintendents of Bryan and College Station ISDs are expected to travel to the Texas Capitol on Monday, joining other public school leaders in voicing opposition to Senate Bill ...
Fifteen cases of measles reported in small West Texas county with high rate of vaccine exemptions
Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. Some of the cases appear ...
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Voucher fight: education opportunity or public school disaster for Texas kids?
Are you for or against school vouchers in Texas?Senate Bill 2 would allow families to use taxpayer dollars to fund a child's ...