School Budget Cuts

The College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin will soon have a new name – the Moody College of Communication.The Moody Foundation is…

Today Texas A&M officials announced EmpowerU, a program aimed at monitoring the system’s efficiency at graduating its students.Essentially, EmpowerU is…

The Texas Senate Committee on Education today talked about possible funding options to promote school choice.Lawmakers want to know if having more school…

Schools Finance Lawsuits Get Court DateA tentative trial date is set for four Texas school finance lawsuits. State District Judge John Dietz has set the…

Texas public school districts have an estimated 32,000 fewer employees than they may have had if the state hadn’t cut more than $5 billion in public…

The Texas House has given final approval to a big education bill. Supporters say Senate Bill 8 would give school districts more flexibility, as the state…

Nobody wanted to think about it in January. But as the middle of May approaches, with little more than two weeks left of the 82nd legislative session, a…

The nine elected men and women who govern the Austin school district will meet for a work session tonight aimed at tackling some of the options on the…

So what does cutting the state's public education budget by about $7.8 billion dollars look like?Based on a bill by Rep. Scott Hochberg (D-Houston), it…

House Democrats aren't the only ones not happy about the spending cuts made in that chamber's version of the state budget. ADAPT of Texas, a grassroots…