The House Committee on Appropriations heard invited testimony regarding interim charges related to school safety, including the availability of funding sources and potential costs proposed by the Governor and House [...]
The House Committee on County Affairs met on September 26 to hear invited and public testimony regarding interim charges related to inmates’ behavioral health needs and deferral opportunities, monitoring the [...]
The Expenditures Working Group met on September 25, 2018 to present and vote on final recommendations. This report is intended to give you an overview and highlight of the discussions [...]
Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC) held its fall members meeting in Austin on September 19. During the morning program state and local perspectives on key education policy issues were [...]
The State Board of Education (SBOE) has authored a letter to the School Land Board (SLB) requesting that the SLB reconsider it’s August 21 decision not to distribute funds to [...]
On September 14, the State Board of Education (SBOE) gave preliminary approval to streamlined social studies standards and gave final approval to a Mexican American Studies course. The streamlined social [...]
The Expenditures working group of the Texas Commission on Public School Finance met on September 13, 2018 to review their recommendations. This report is intended to give you an overview [...]
The Legislative Budget Board met on September 12, 2018 to hear from the Texas Education Agency concerning the agency’s Legislative Appropriation Request for the 86th Session and key exceptional items. [...]
The Senate committees on education and higher education heard invited and public testimony regarding and interim charge related to dual credit. This report is intended to give you an overview [...]
The Senate Committee on Higher Education met on September 5 to hear invited and public testimony regarding the following interim charge: “Improving Transferability: Examine and make recommendations regarding policies that [...]