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Your Weekly Briefing: Special report on school finance and pay raises

Publish Date: May 25, 2019

Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso presides over the Texas House as speaker pro tempore on Friday. Two days until Sine Die: A Special Update We have a deal—and raises are in it. This week, Texas legislators agreed on a package of bills including the budget, an $11.6 billion school finance and property tax reform package, pensions, and capping property tax revenue for cities. We expect all of these bills to receive final approval from lawmakers this weekend and head to the governor’s desk as lawmakers adjourn sine die on Monday. CAVEAT: We’re still combing through 303 pages of the school finance bill, and language for the TRS pension bill has not yet been released. Our quick take: While this deal is far...

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Your Weekly Briefing: School finance bill with local raises advances; News on virtual schools, charter schools and more.

Publish Date: April 5, 2019

Your Weekly Briefing Rep. Dan Huberty, author of the House school finance bill, watches as Rep. Chris Turn lays out his amendment guaranteeing local educator pay raises. This week, the House threw down the gauntlet for public education by passing...

Your Weekly Briefing: News on TRS pensions, the state budget, taxes, and charter schools

Publish Date: March 29, 2019

Watch Texas AFT Retiree Plus Member Rita Runnels testify on the TRS pension bill. With less than two months to go in the 86th Session, lawmakers have started making big decisions about their financial priorities. Here’s what we know—both the House and Senate indicated this week they intend to spend...

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Your Weekly Briefing: Special report on school finance and pay raises

Your Weekly Briefing: Take action on TRS pension bill; and session winding down to final bills

Your Weekly Briefing: Big win on class sizes, status on school finance, and all the bills on the move

Your weekly briefing: And a reminder to vote tomorrow!

Your Weekly Briefing: Pay for test scores? And TRS pension bill moves forward as health insurance spikes for active employees

Your Weekly Briefing: Education bills moving that would regulate charters; harmful tax caps also in the works

Your Weekly Briefing: Tax talk dominated discussion this week, but next week will get busy with public education

Your Weekly Briefing: School finance bill with local raises advances; News on virtual schools, charter schools and more.

Your Weekly Briefing: News on TRS pensions, the state budget, taxes, and charter schools

Your weekly briefing: Big bill up for retired educators, community schools bill moves ahead and notes on the budget

Weekly wrap-up: Things are heating up at the Capitol

Your weekly briefing: More pay-raise news, some bad things buried in the school finance bill, and a great week to talk to legislators at our rally!

Your weekly briefing: Take Action on a pay raise for all; news on the top bills at the Capitol