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: [...]
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 [...]
House Public Education Publishes Interim Report
The House Committee on Public Education has published its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report addresses multiple issues, including education response to Hurricane Harvey, teacher compensation, student assessments, [...]
School Finance Commission Approves Final Report
The Texas Commission on Public School Finance gave unanimous approval to their report on December 19, 2018. During the 6 hour meeting, the committee deliberated on the final language for [...]
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 [...]
Senate Education Releases Interim Report
The Senate Committee on Education has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report addresses multiple issues, including teacher compensation, mandate relief, innovation, teacher support, high quality education, [...]
Texas Commission on Public School Finance – December 11, 2018
The Texas Commission on Public School met to take up the draft final report and review the prepared recommendation. A copy of the materials reviewed are available here. This report [...]
House Higher Education Committee Interim Report Published
The House Committee on Higher Education has published its interim report to the 86th Legislature. Recommendations Interim Charge One 1) Continuation of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's flexible approach [...]
Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report Published
The Senate Committee on Higher Education has published its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report covers seven interim charges on: improving transferability, system/campus expansion , 60x30, funding models, [...]
State Affairs Interim Report Published
The Senate Committee on State Affairs has released their Interim Report to the 86th Legislature. For complete details on the interim charges taken up including background on the recommendations, please [...]