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06/02/2009

Lawmakers tackle teacher pay, tests but leave school finance for 2011
Extra pay for Texas teachers. Relief for test-taking third-graders but tougher exams for high schoolers. Security for Dallas schools worried about losing money to property-poor districts. Those were among the education highlights by legislators who, like kids at the end of school term, began streaming home after finishing their five-month work session Monday.

05/20/2009

Agreement reached to improve state schools for mentally disabled
The state has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to improve conditions inside Texas’ state schools for the mentally disabled. Under the agreement, Texas must spend $112 million more over five years to improve standards of care, increase monitoring and oversight, and enhance staffing ratios at the facilities.

05/07/2009

House tentatively passes increased funding for full-day pre-kindergarten instruction
A new grant program would allow public-private partnerships and help school districts such as Fort Worth’s, which already have successful pre-K programs but soon will lose state start-up funding.

04/29/2009

Bills would reshape Texas' school accountability system
Texas schools would be graded with new standards – highlighting an emphasis on college readiness in high schools – while student testing would lose much of its punch in lower grades under school improvement bills the Legislature passed Wednesday.

Texas House passes bill for commission study to evaluate size of Dallas ISD
The House voted this afternoon to have a special commission study whether the Dallas Independent School District is too big.