school finance

The Texas Education Agency says there’s time to fix problems before officially reported data is used to determine how much money districts get.

School board votes unanimously to join a program that will eliminate ‘lunch debt’ for four years at 10 campuses — at no cost to the district.

The funding crunch for Texas schools happened even as residents in Denton paid more in property taxes, which doesn’t automatically come back to Denton ISD campuses.

Senate Bill 5 would send an extra $800 million to public schools for security upgrades over the next two years. But the measure is at risk of becoming the latest casualty of the rift between the Texas House and Senate.

A bill to increase the state’s support for school safety appears stalled in this month’s special legislative session. But even if it passes, superintendents warn it isn’t enough.

Less than a third of $18 billion in aid has been used so far, with two years left to spend it.

Public schools across Texas are in limbo as they wait for word on how much funding they’ll receive from the state this semester.

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

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law one of lawmakers' biggest achievements this year, a massive overhaul of Texas' long-beleaguered school finance…

In Dennis Bonnen’s first major test as speaker of the Texas House, the chamber he oversees resoundingly passed a $251 billion budget Wednesday after a…

For some in the debate over how to fund Texas' schools, "Robin Hood" is decidedly a villain.The program, baked into state education law since 1993,…

Thousands of people will rally at the Capitol today to call for more K-12 options as part of National School Choice Week. But inside the Capitol, the...