Texas lawmakers are pumping an extra $8.5 billion into public schools over the coming two years, an investment they've heralded as "historic." The money they set aside in their bipartisan school funding deal, House Bill 2, is one of the largest one-time investments in public education in recent memory, and more than double what legislators had proposed and failed to pass in 2023. The influx has helped some of the state's 1,200 districts balance their budgets. But many are still planning to tighten their belts by slashing programs, cutting staff or even closing campuses amid looming fiscal crises.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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