Sen. Nelson Files Bill to Raise Teacher Salaries
Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) has filed Senate Bill 3 providing a $5,000 annual salary increase for classroom teachers in Texas. Details from Sen. Nelson’s press release on SB 3: [...]
86th Session – House Base Budget Released
The House base budget has been published along with budget estimates by Strategy Art. I-III, budget estimates by Strategy Art. IV-X, and a summary of the House budget estimates. The base budget is a starting [...]
86th Session – Senate Base Budget & Supplemental Released
Today, Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) filed SB 1, the Senate's base budget, establishing the state's funding priorities for the next two years, and SB 500, the supplemental budget bill. The [...]
LBB Adopts Spending Limit
The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) met today, January 11, 2019 to discuss setting the constitutional spending limit on certain appropriations for the 2020-21 biennium. The LBB was provided 5 updated [...]
AG Paxton Releases Opinion on Constitutional Use of Permanent School Fund
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has released an onion in response to a request about the allowable uses of the Permanent School Fund. A summary of the opinion from the [...]
$119.1 billion available – Revenue Estimate Released Today
The day before the 86th Legislature convenes, Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar provided his estimate that Texas lawmakers will have $119.1 billion for general-purpose spending during the 2020-21 biennium. This [...]
House Pensions Publishes Interim Report
The House Committee on Pensions has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report addresses several issues including the oversight of local pensions, governance of state retirement systems, and [...]
TRS Releases 2018 Pension Benefit Design Study
At its quarterly Board of Trustees meeting, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) released a Pension Benefit Design Study for 2018 and an Executive Summary of the study. This [...]
Recommendations Released from Commission to Rebuild Texas
Governor Greg Abbott’s Commission to Rebuild Texas offered to the Texas Legislature wide-ranging recommendations to help Texas better prepare for future catastrophic storms in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. A [...]
Senate Business & Commerce Releases Interim Report
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report focuses on multiple issues, energy restoration post disaster, mortgage requirements in floodplain [...]