Becky Fogel
Education ReporterBecky Fogel is the education reporter for KUT. Previously, she was a statewide newscaster based at KUT and then the editor and producer of newscasts for The Texas Newsroom, a partnership between KUT, KERA, HPM, TPR, and NPR.
She's also been a production assistant for "Science Friday." She got her start in radio as a reporter at KWBU in Waco.
You can email her at rfogel@kut.org.
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Per student funding in Texas has been stagnant since 2019, and another legislative session ended this week without any increase to the basic allotment. -
El ISD de Austin estima que perdería $6.2 millones en fondos estatales si 1,000 estudiantes abandonaran el distrito para utilizar un bono escolar.
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Austin ISD estimates it would lose $6.2 million in state funding if 1,000 students left the district to use a school voucher.
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Un proyecto de ley que hubiera requerido que las escuelas públicas de Texas exhibieran los Diez Mandamientos en las aulas probablemente haya muerto después de no cumplir con una fecha límite clave en la Cámara de Representantes del estado.
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Tuesday was the last day for the Texas House to take an initial vote on Senate bills. Legislation to require the Ten Commandments in public schools did not make it to the floor by the midnight deadline.
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La junta escolar del ISD de Austin ha aprobado aumentos del 7% para los maestros y un aumento de $4 por hora para los empleados que trabajan por hora, tales como conductores de autobuses y personal de servicio de alimentos.
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The compensation plan approved Thursday also includes a $4-per-hour raise for hourly employees, such as bus drivers and food service staff.
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State lawmakers vowed to do right by teachers this session, as tens of thousands of educators have left the field in recent years. But the bills that still have a chance of passing include only modest raises that may not keep teachers in the classroom.
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The Texas House Public Education Committee will hold a hearing Monday on legislation to create education savings accounts. The House blocked the committee chair's attempt to hold a vote on Wednesday.
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The Republican chair of the House Higher Education Committee said universities need to be able to offer tenure. But Democratic lawmakers and professors raised concerns that the House version of Senate Bill 18 still does too much to weaken tenure.
