The bill includes $4.2 billion for teacher and staff pay raises and $850 million for an overhaul of special education.

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, from Lubbock, sat down with KAMC’s Jen Phillips for an exclusive interview.

The deal appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both chambers over how to increase funds for the state’s public ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s proposed constitutional amendment, known as Jocelyn’s Law, which would prohibit bail options for those in the country illegally accused of certain violent or ...

School choice might not be the only major reform that finally gets to Governor Abbott’s desk this year, after being stymied ...

Sen. Brandon Creighton, who chairs the Senate’s education committee, called his version of House Bill 2, an $8 billion ...

The proposal comes in the form of a Senate committee substitute for for House Bill 2, the chamber’s school funding plan. That ...

Several notable Lubbock organizations have joined 127 groups across Texas in urging state lawmakers to pass a $100 million child care funding bill.

House and Senate moved swiftly to establish a voucher program but have stumbled over details on how to fund public education.