Senate Bill 2617 passed the chamber on a 22-9 vote, sending the proposal to the Texas House for further consideration just ...

The House’s version of the bill would strip it of several controversial provisions, including one that sought to stretch the ...

Education advocates and experts are grateful that the Texas Senate is willing to fund public education, but they are ...

The Texas Senate education committee on Monday advanced its counterproposal to the House’s multibillion-dollar public school ...

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Senate Bill 37 is now pending in the Texas House Higher Education Committee after it was passed in the Senate. Here's why ...

SB 2623, authored by Republican state Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe, creates "school safety zones" and would force some ...

Sen. Brandon Creighton says the bill will prevent disruption. Critics say it walks back conservative lawmakers' previous ...

Texas lawmakers will consider HB 2, the Texas House's version of a billion-dollar public education funding package.

Central Texas school leaders say the updated $8B school funding bill is much needed but doesn't go far enough. Here's what ...

Senators will hold a hearing Thursday on their counterproposal to the House's school funding bill. House Democrats and public ...

The Texas Legislature has not raised the basic allotment since 2019. One major change in the committee substitute bill is a ...