School Choice Cost

In this video, we look at the playbook on school choice and the section on cost. We go through and look at two different sources and take a look at the impact school choice has on cost across states with school choice programs in place.

There is no mandate.

THERE IS NO MANDATE. We keep hearing that voters overwhelmingly want school choice. The numbers being used are selective and do not show the whole picture. Take a look and SHARE with everyone, everywhere.

Comptroller Says Texas Has Money​

The Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, sent a letter to the Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Dan Patrick, Texas Speaker of the House, Dan Phelan, and members of the 88th Texas Legislature layout out the current state of monies in Texas. To put it simply, Texas has money!

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DFW school districts advocate for increased pre-K funding ahead of 89th Texas Legislature

COMMUNITY IMPACT - As the 89th Texas Legislature is set to convene in January, funding for full-day pre-K is top of mind for school districts across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and public education advocacy organization Raise Your Hand Texas.

Austin ISD, Disability Rights Texas settle lawsuit over special education services backlog

AUSTIN STATESMAN - The Austin school district and Disability Rights Texas have reached a settlement agreement over a 2021 lawsuit in which the disabilities advocacy nonprofit accused the district of failing to provide timely special education services to five students.
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Texas teachers spend more on school supplies than in other states, data shows — are you one of them?

HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Texas teachers outspend their counterparts from all 50 states on yearly school supply purchases for their classrooms, according to survey released Monday as educators prepare for the 2024-25 school year.

TASB Statement on Remarks Made at TASB Summer Leadership Institute

The Texas Messenger reached out to the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) for a statement regarding comments made by a speaker at the recent Summer Leadership Institute.

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