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House Public Education Committee Interim Hearing: HB 2 Redux

The House Public Education committee met in Austin on Mon., June 1 to take up three charges all related to House Bill (HB) 2: Implementation of HB 2 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Investment in Special Education This was a 231-page bill, so the hearing to assess its impact during 2026-2026 was proportionately long. Stay with us, readers. Implementation of HB 2 The first panel represented Texas Education Agency (TEA) leadership and went through each of the articles

Texas schools are approaching a fiscal cliff, leaving many districts out of options

School districts across Texas are heading into one of the most difficult budget cycles in years, with administrators warning that many districts are nearing a fiscal cliff driven by declining enrollment, inflation, expiring federal funds, rising insurance and healthcare costs, and holes in a school funding system that still haven’t fully caught up with the realities districts are dealing with. Some public finance analysts estimate that at minimum, 40% of Texas districts co

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