Posted on · In 2011, the Texas Legislature cut $5 billion from the public education budget. More than two-thirds of Texas public school districts filed lawsuits. Then in 2013, lawmakers restored the majority of the funding cut two years earlier. Nevertheless, a court challenge over how the state funds schools has gone forward, with arguments expected in the […]
Posted on · This week on News 88.7, education reporter Laura Isensee has been examining how schools are financed in Texas in series called âFunding Texas Schools: Fair or Falling Short?â The five-part series tells the story of parents fighting for better funding for their childrenâs schools. It also examines what the current school funding system means for […]
Posted on · This week on News 88.7, education reporter Laura Isensee has examined how schools are financed in Texas in a series of reports called âFunding Texas Schools: Fair or Falling Short?â On this edition of Houston Matters, we present her reports on parents fighting for better funding for their children’s schools, what the current school funding […]