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Less than 1% of HISD students apply to Ivy League schools. Is the district helping them get there?
Less than 1% of HISD students apply to Ivy League schools, including some of its valedictorians and salutatorians. Should it ...
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Gov. Abbott signs bill to provide $8.5B for Texas public schools
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign House Bill 2 today, a bill providing $8.5 billion in funding for public schools, at an event in Salado.
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Texas’ 89th legislative session is over; here’s what local lawmakers worked on
The Texas State Legislature adjourned its 140-day legislative session on Monday, Sine Die, with Gov. Greg Abbott ...
Texas GOP scores legislative wins, shifting immigration, education costs
A $1 billion voucher program, touted as “the largest school-choice program in American history,” will go toward students’ ...
Lawmakers pass more than 1,200 bills in 140 days. Here are some highlights
AUSTIN _ For 140 days during the 89th Texas Legislature, 150 members state representatives and 31 senators took thousands of ...
Legislature ends session in ‘unified and solid place’ after passing more than 1,200 bills
Staff writers Philip Jankowski, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Nolan McCaskill and Aaron Torres contributed to this report.
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Texas sends $8.5 billion school funding bill to Gov. Abbott: Here's what's in it
The funding plan looks to provide much-needed dollars to a public school system that has struggled under previous funding ...