September 11-12, 2024
Legislative Planning Workshop
October 21, 2024
First day of early voting for November Election (from October 21-November 1)
November 5, 2024
Election Day
January 14, 2025
First day of the 89th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature
Texas School Coalition
601 Camp Craft Road
Austin, Texas 78746
512-732-9072
Trustees & other leaders from Coalition districts are invited to attend our first membership meeting of the year, which will be held from 2:15 to 3:15 this Saturday, Sept. 28, in Room 217A of the Henry B. Gonzalez Conv. Center. #txed Register to attend: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/x37ac84/lp/a6de0b1c-a07a-4bfb-8259-a6bd3ada1d8d?mode=preview&source_id=06a38bb6-b17e-4714-8b0b-eaa353848157&source_type=em&c=
As legislators look at more reductions in property taxes, we urge them to remember that investments in the public schools educating our future workforce will attract investments to Texas and solidify long-term economic success for the state. #txlege #txed
Texas Senate panel to explore cutting or eliminating local property taxes
Wednesday, a panel of Texas lawmakers will look at expanding or perhaps eliminating property taxes in the Lone Sta...
cbsaustin.com
Important piece from former Speaker Joe Straus about the state’s underfunding of public schools. In constant dollars, state funding for schools is down $10 billion since 2020. #txed #txlege
Joe Straus: Texas schools need to improve, but the state must help
Former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is concerned with Texas schools. Despite historic budget surpluses, the state ...
www.dallasnews.com
The end of a key federal funding stream is adding to the fiscal challenges facing public schools. The 2025 legislative session is an opportunity to invest in Texas public schools so they can educate the workforce that Texas employers need. #txlege #txed
Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming t…
Educators say they’ll struggle to keep the programs they created with those funds, highlighting their precarious situation without more state help.
www.texastribune.org
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