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It provides students with a list of participating state institutions where they can qualify for automatic acceptance before they begin the college application process.
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The Texas Education Agency says there’s time to fix problems before officially reported data is used to determine how much money districts get.
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The State Board of Education was originally going to consider the course when members meet this week, but the new chair delayed its consideration.
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A version of the bill that would send public money to private schools passed through a Senate committee on Thursday. Gov. Greg Abbott made such legislation one of his top priorities in this fourth special legislative session.
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According to a TPR analysis of state data, even with recapture, today’s school funding system still isn’t fair. And, because the funding system is also really complicated, the ways it’s unfair aren’t very well understood.
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Democrats are the minority in the Texas Legislature and their proposal is almost guaranteed to fail. Even if they wanted to push for salary increases for teachers, their anti-voucher stance could stall any progress.
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The proposal follows a trend seen in other states with Republican-led legislatures, like Florida.
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The measure has been opposed by professors across the state, who say the tenure system has allowed them to educate students freely, without fear of losing jobs due to their teachings.
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In the last 10 years, Texas has closed a total of 750 polling locations — the most of any state.
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“The whole notion of vouchers. They were originally called segregation vouchers,” said Louis Malfaro, a leader in Pastors for Texas Children.