education funding

A school finance bill in 2019 boosted funding for districts, but the pandemic has since added layers of financial uncertainty.

According to a new report, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more than districts that serve mostly students of color in the U.S.

Top Texas lawmakers this year are proposing allocating billions of more dollars for public schools, but a portion of those dollars will likely have…

After failing to pass legislation to reform public school funding in 2017, state leaders have pledged to make it a top priority this legislative session...

For years, school finance reform has been a messy political challenge that Gov. Greg Abbott has been reluctant to wade into.But an 86-page slide show…

Voters in the Dallas, Frisco and Richardson school districts will decide on tax ratification elections, or TREs, this November. These tax measures, which…

Plus, DACA students living in limbo as proposals fly in Washington and new concerns about school funding inequality.

A report finds that Texas is among the states that have made the deepest funding cuts to K-12 education over the past decade.The Center on Budget and…

The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion into public schools and help out struggling small, rural school…

While small numbers of Texas voters believe spending on public and higher education is too high, pluralities think the state is not spending enough,…

The legislative session just ended. After 140 days of proposals, politicking and press conferences, we’re catching up on what actually passed and how it…

Every year, the state of Texas and local school districts pay more and more for public education. Together, they’ll spend a projected $46 billion on Texas…