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If the next Texas Legislature doesn't increase funding, Denton ISD may broach school closures.
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Richardson Superintendent Tabitha Branum says the closures are the only option to avoid a $28.5 million deficit. But prior to the vote, more than two dozen frustrated parents and students urged trustees to reject the plan.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton has now targeted seven school districts over alleged electioneering in what he calls an effort to stop elections from being “illegally swayed by public officials improperly using state resources.” Those school districts are responding.
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Districts are considering closing schools, increasing class sizes and other cost-cutting measures as they face major budget shortfalls.
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The district says a lack of state funding, high inflation and falling enrollment have left it with a looming $28.5 million deficit.
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Superintendent Tabitha Branum said RISD has 9,000 empty seats, hasn’t received additional funding from the legislature in years, and, like every Texas district, has had to deal with dramatically rising inflation. “All are reasons we are considering a variety of budget reductions and enhancements, including elementary school consolidations.”
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Principal Katy Myers listened to the sounds of learning as she walked the hallways of Rufino Mendoza Elementary.
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At a time when many Texas school districts are already struggling to balance their budgets, districts learned last month that they have millions more dollars to make up.
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Irving's school board voted this week to close Britain and Elliott elementary schools in response to falling enrollment and declining state funding. Parents say the loss will be felt throughout their communities.
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Texas voters passed a proposition Tuesday that will provide transformational research funding for the University of North Texas, Texas State University, the University of Houston and Texas Tech University.
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San Antonio families have been fighting for school funding equity for 50 years. But wide disparities in funding still exist.
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