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This Week in the Legislature: School Funding Advances at Last 

News from the 89th legislative session

This week, the Texas Senate advanced its version of House Bill 2, the marquee school finance proposal of the 89th Legislature. The original version of HB 2, passed by the Texas House earlier this month, included a $395 per-student increase to the basic allotment, along with new investments in bilingual education, fine arts, and full-day pre-K programs. That funding, while...

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Democrats for Education Reform Group Embraces Vouchers, Privatization 

When Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) was founded in 2007, the group claimed to represent progressive values in education: fighting for better funding, stronger public schools, and equal opportunities for all students. But increasingly, its agenda has taken a hard turn away from public schools and toward vouchers and Education...

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