Apr 1, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance, Vouchers & School Choice
The House Public Education Committee has postponed its formal meeting, which had the committee scheduled to meet at 8 a.m., Tuesday, April 1, to vote out the House school finance plan (HB 2) and the Senate ESA bill (SB 2). Both bills had previously been heard in...
Mar 4, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance
The House Public Education Committee held a hearing on Tuesday, March 4, to hear invited testimony on HB 2, the House school finance bill filed by the committee’s chair, Brad Buckley. Last week, we shared highlights of HB 2, which increases the Basic Allotment...
Feb 24, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance
HB 2 is an omnibus bill relating to public education and public school finance. The 148-page bill makes numerous changes to school finance provisions, including increasing the Basic Allotment. The bill provides more than $8 billion in funding for public education....
Feb 19, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance, School Safety, Teacher Compensation, Vouchers & School Choice
(Mouse over the above slideshow and then click on the arrows to flip through photos from the event.) Several hundred school board members and school administrators participated in the TASA/TASB Legislative Conference February 18, 2025, at the Downright Austin Hotel....
Feb 11, 2025 | 89th Regular Session, Capitol Watch, School Finance
The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Joan Huffman, convened on Monday, February 10, to discuss Article III of the state budget, which includes public education funding. TASA’s deputy director of governmental relations, Amy Beneski, submitted written testimony...
Nov 10, 2023 | 2023 Special Sessions on Vouchers, Capitol Watch, School Finance, School Safety, Vouchers & School Choice
Both the Texas Senate and House are swiftly moving their respective bills related to Gov. Greg Abbott’s fourth called special session agenda through the legislative process. Texas House On Friday, November 10, the House Select Committee on Educational...
