Topic: Charter Schools

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

Publish Date: April 19, 2019 Read More

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

Publish Date: April 12, 2019 Read More

TxEd in the Media Top Stories (April 8, 2019)

Publish Date: April 8, 2019 Read More

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 its school finance plan. With about $6.3 billion in new public school spending and $2.3 property tax compression, HB 3 represents a...

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 about $9 billion on a combination of property tax relief...

Publish Date: February 22, 2019 Read More

Round-Up: Texas AFT Round-Up: Watch a video invite to our Red for Ed march; And news on pensions and health care

Publish Date: February 9, 2019 Read More

A letter from the president on the threat of charter school expansion

Publish Date: February 5, 2019 Read More

Fighting for greater transparency in how charter schools are considered and approved

Publish Date: February 1, 2019 Read More

House committee chair looks to review laws on accountability, district partnerships with charters

Publish Date: January 31, 2019

The first House Public Education Committee of the session gave us a good indication of some of the policy issues members will be looking at in the coming months—including a a review of two controversial laws governing the requirements for turning around (or closing) schools with Improvement Required (IR) accountability ratings. Committee Chair Dan Huberty outlined the schedule of topics...

Publish Date: January 28, 2019 Read More

Charter School Facts 2019

Publish Date: January 23, 2019 Read More

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