Texas House delays vote on school choice and funding bills

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Watch live: Texas House committee meeting on school choice, funding proposals
The Texas House Public Education Committee is meeting in Austin to vote on school choice and school funding bills. The meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but Chairman Brad Buckley delayed the meeting so lawmakers could consider proposed changes.
Texas House Committee to vote on one of two school voucher related bills as debate continues
As the debate over school voucher bills, KHOU 11 spoke with an expert to highlight the key differences between the two proposals and what comes next.
Texas House education committee to take up revised Senate voucher bill. Here's what changed
A potential vote of the school voucher bill in the House Committee on education could tee up the controversial bill for a vote on the House floor.

Trans Texas Teacher Resigns

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A trans teacher in Texas resigns after being targeted by conservatives online
A transgender teacher in Texas resigned from her job Monday, less than a week after a state lawmaker called for her to be fired over a social media video where she talks about feeling supported by her students.
Transgender North Texas teacher says she felt like she had to resign after viral video
A transgender teacher in Red Oak said she felt like she had to resign after a video of her went viral on social media. Rosalyn Sandri said her small amount of joy twisted into something she never saw coming.
Transgender North Texas high school teacher handed resignation papers
A transgender teacher in Red Oak said she felt like she had to resign after a video of her went viral on social media.
North Texas pastors rally against school voucher programs, advocate for public education funding
"The people who have shown up here represent thousands of people who don't want our tax dollars subsidizing, affluent private ...
3 Texas teachers allegedly taped hands of student with Down syndrome and forced him to walk in circles for hours
A Texas special education teacher and two paraprofessionals were thrown behind bars for allegedly taping up the hands of a student with Down syndrome and forcing the youngster to walk in circles for ...
Lufkin ISD announces new alternative education campus
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A new alternative education campus is coming to Lufkin ISD this year, the district said Thursday.
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Texas Senate panel considers investments in early learning, teacher preparation programs
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Texas parents, advocates say special education funding boosts are needed now. Here's why.
As school districts across Texas grapple with budget deficits, parents and advocates are calling on the state to boost ...
Cash for tests? Texas homeschoolers weigh requirements under school choice proposal
Homeschoolers accepting a $2,000 voucherlike education savings account could be forced to take standardized tests.
Here's why Trump highlighted Texas in dismantling Department of Education
President Donald Trump called out Texas and its top leaders before signing an executive order to dismantle the federal ...
A Texas school leader says material about diversity in state-approved textbooks violated the law.
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of ...