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Expert: $8 Billion Needed For Texas Students To Meet New Academic Standards, Says School Finance Expert

Posted 10.31.2012 | Home
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Texas will need to spend an additional $8 billion annually in order for its students to meet the state's new college and career-readiness standards, s...

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Survey Finds 11 Texas School Districts Spent $227 Million On Discipline, Security

Posted 10.30.2012 | Home
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Officials in Texas spend $227 million annually on disciplinary problems and school security, according to a recent Texas Appleseed survey of 11 major ...

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Lawsuit Alleges Texas School District Is In Violation Of Constitution Due To Inequitable Funding

Posted 08.30.2012 | Home
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Two families and the Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project have filed a lawsuit in district court alleging that Clint Independent School District does n...

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Parents Of Special-Needs Children In Texas Pursue Alternatives To Public School

Posted 08.27.2012 | Home
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An increasing number of Texas parents are electing to home school their children with special needs or enroll them in private schools instead of havin...

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Districts File Third Suit Against State Over School Funding

Posted 12.14.2011 | Home
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A third group of Texas schools filed suit against the state Tuesday over education funding, alleging that the system of financing public education is ...

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School District's Budget Hopes Are Riding On Hippo

Posted 05.26.2011 | Home
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Like schools across the country, the Hutto, Texas School District is in trouble -- it's $4 million dollars over budget. To avoid making layoffs, the d...

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